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BSB and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father[fn] was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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WMB You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father[fn] was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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NET Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

LSV And you have answered and said before your God YHWH, My father [is] a perishing Aramean! And he goes down to Egypt, and sojourns there with few men, and becomes a great, mighty, and populous nation there;

FBV Then this is what you are to publicly declare before the Lord your God, “My father was a Aramean[fn] who moved from place to place. There were only a few of them when he and his family went to live in Egypt. But they became a large and powerful nation.

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T4T Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor Jacob was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering from one place to another. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group when they went there, but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.

LEB And you shall declare[fn] and you shall saybefore[fn] your God, ‘My ancestor[fn]was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, and there he dwelt as an alien few in number,[fn] and there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

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BBE And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God: 'A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

ASV And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

DRA And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

YLT 'And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean [is] my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;

DBY And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy [fn]God, A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

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RV And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

WBS And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down to Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

KJB And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
  (And thou/you shalt speak and say before the LORD thy/your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: )

BB And thou shalt aunswere and say before the Lorde thy God: The Syrians went about to destroy my father, and he went downe into Egypt, and so soiourned there with a fewe folke, and grewe there vnto a nation great, mightie, and full of people.
  (And thou/you shalt answer and say before the Lord thy/your God: The Syrians went about to destroy my father, and he went down into Egypt, and so sojournd there with a few folke, and grewe there unto a nation great, mighty, and full of people.)

GNV And thou shalt answere and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a small company, and grew there vnto a nation great, mightie and full of people.
  (And thou/you shalt answer and say before the Lord thy/your God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went down into Egypt, and sojournd there with a small company, and grew there unto a nation great, mighty and full of people. )

CB Then shalt thou answere and saye before the LORDE thy God: The Syrians wolde haue destroyed my father, which wete downe in to Egipte, and was a strauger there with a small folke, and became there a nacio greate, mightie & full of people.
  (Then shalt thou/you answer and say before the LORD thy/your God: The Syrians would have destroyed my father, which went down in to Egypt, and was a strauger there with a small folke, and became there a nacio greate, mighty and full of people.)

WYC And thou schalt speke in the siyt of thi Lord God, Sirus pursuede my fadir, `which fadir yede doun in to Egipt, and was a pilgrym there in feweste noumbre; and he encreesside in to a greet folk, and strong, and of multitude without noumbre.
  (And thou/you shalt speke in the sight of thy/your Lord God, Sirus pursuede my father, `which father went down in to Egypt, and was a pilgrym there in feweste number; and he encreesside in to a great folk, and strong, and of multitude without number.)

LUT Da sollst du antworten und sagen vor dem HErrn, deinem GOtt: Die Syrer wollten meinen Vater umbringen; der zog hinab nach Ägypten und war daselbst ein Fremdling mit geringem Volk und ward daselbst ein groß, stark und viel Volk.
  (So should you antworten and say before/in_front_of to_him HErrn, deinem God: The Syrer wantedn my father umbringen; the pulled down nach Egypt and was there a Fremdling with geringem people and was there a groß, stark and many people.)

CLV et loqueris in conspectu Domini Dei tui: Syrus persequebatur patrem meum, qui descendit in Ægyptum, et ibi peregrinatus est in paucissimo numero: crevitque in gentem magnam ac robustam et infinitæ multitudinis.
  (and loqueris in conspectu Domini God tui: Syrus persequebatur patrem mine, who descendit in Ægyptum, and ibi peregrinatus it_is in paucissimo numero: crevitque in gentem magnam ac robustam and infinitæ multitudinis. )

BRN and he shall answer and say before the Lord thy God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.

BrLXX Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ἐρεῖ ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, Συρίαν ἀπέβαλεν ὁ πατήρ μου, καὶ κατέβη εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ παρῴκησεν ἐκεῖ ἐν ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖ, καὶ ἐγένετο ἐκεῖ εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πλῆθος πολύ.
  (Kai apokritheis erei enanti Kuriou tou Theou sou, Surian apebalen ho pataʸr mou, kai katebaʸ eis Aigupton, kai parōkaʸsen ekei en arithmōi braⱪei, kai egeneto ekei eis ethnos mega kai plaʸthos polu. )