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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 26:5 - Strong Concordance

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De 26:5 Strong Concordance And thou shalt speak [06030] and say [0559] before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], A Syrian [0761] ready to perish [06] was my father [01], and he went down [03381] into Egypt [04714], and sojourned [01481] there with [04962] a few [04592], and became there a nation [01471], great [01419], mighty [06099], and populous [07227]:
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
thou shalt say . . . A Syrian ready to perish was my father--rather, "a wandering Syrian." The ancestors of the Hebrews were nomad shepherds, either Syrians by birth as Abraham, or by long residence as Jacob. When they were established as a nation in the possession of the promised land, they were indebted to God's unmerited goodness for their distinguished privileges, and in token of gratitude they brought this basket of first-fruits.
 
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12 And Jacob [03290] fled [01272] into the country [07704] of Syria [0758], and Israel [03478] served [05647] for a wife [0802], and for a wife [0802] he kept [08104] sheep.
23 And [2532] he came [2064] and dwelt [2730] in [1519] a city [4172] called [3004] Nazareth [3478]: that [3704] it might be fulfilled [4137] which [3588] was spoken [4483] by [1223] the prophets [4396], [3754] He shall be called [2564] a Nazarene [3480].
28 Therefore I have profaned [02490] the princes [08269] of the sanctuary [06944], and have given [05414] Jacob [03290] to the curse [02764], and Israel [03478] to reproaches [01421].
22 But thou hast not called [07121] upon me, O Jacob [03290]; but thou hast been weary [03021] of me, O Israel [03478].
10 I am not worthy of the least [06994] of all the mercies [02617], and of all the truth [0571], which thou hast shewed [06213] unto thy servant [05650]; for with my staff [04731] I passed over [05674] this Jordan [03383]; and now I am become two [08147] bands [04264].
20 And Jacob [03290] vowed [05087] a vow [05088], saying [0559], If God [0430] will be with me, and will keep me [08104] in this way [01870] that I go [01980], and will give [05414] me bread [03899] to eat [0398], and raiment [0899] to put on [03847],
11 And he lighted [06293] upon a certain place [04725], and tarried there all night [03885], because the sun [08121] was set [0935]; and he took [03947] of the stones [068] of that place [04725], and put [07760] them for his pillows [04763], and lay down [07901] in that place [04725] to sleep [07901].