When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
Parallel translations
- WEB “When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
- KJV When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
- NKJV When Jacob had gone into Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.
- NASB When Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
- NLT “When the Israelites were in Egypt and cried out to the Lord, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt and to bring them into this land.
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Quick answer
Samuel recalls how, when Israel cried out in Egypt, God sent Moses and Aaron to bring them into the land. He begins the record of God's deliverances.
Overview
The reference to Jacob's descent into Egypt and the exodus anchors Israel's identity in God's rescue. The pattern of crying out and being delivered will recur throughout the survey. This reminder magnifies the Lord's grace and exposes the people's unfaithfulness in seeking another king.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Exod 4:14–16Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exod 2:23–24After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Ps 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Exod 12:51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
- Exod 14:30–31That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- Gen 46:5–7Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
- 1 Sam 10:18and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
- Exod 3:9–10And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
- Josh 1:6Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Ps 78:54–55He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
- Josh 1:2–4“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.
- Exod 4:27–31Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
- Acts 7:15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- Ps 44:1–3For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Josh 3:10–13He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
- Num 20:15how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
- 1 Sam 12:6Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exod 6:26It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
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