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:
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And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
Exodus
LawShemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
Ezra
History / EzraOn the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Genesis
LawThe sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
Judges
History / SamuelSon of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah
HistoryConcerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHowbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.