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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Brenton's Septuagint

Deuteronomy 29:16

For ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom ye came.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gomorrha;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Euphemism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Indeed, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations where you traveled.
Hebrew Names Version
(for you know how we lived in the land of Mitzrayim, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
King James Version
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Lexham English Bible
For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the midst of the nations that you traveled through.
English Standard Version
"You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed.
New Century Version
You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries when we came here.
New English Translation
"(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.
Amplified Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the nations along the way;
New American Standard Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye knowe, how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed thorowe the middes of the nations, which ye passed by.
Legacy Standard Bible
for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
Contemporary English Version
When we lived in Egypt, you saw the Egyptians worship disgusting idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold. Then as we traveled through other nations, you saw those people worship other disgusting idols.
Complete Jewish Bible
and you saw their detestable things and their idols of wood, stone, silver and gold that they had with them.
Darby Translation
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations which ye passed;
Easy-to-Read Version
You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt. And you remember how we traveled through the countries that were on our way here.
George Lamsa Translation
(For you know how we have sojourned in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;
Good News Translation
"You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations.
Literal Translation
For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations through which you passed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte, and how we came thorow the myddes of the Heythen, whom ye passed by,
American Standard Version
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;
Bible in Basic English
(For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt, and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them--
King James Version (1611)
(For ye know how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came thorow the nations which ye passed by.
English Revised Version
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;
Berean Standard Bible
For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations as you traveled.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ye witen hou we dwelliden in the lond of Egipt, and how we passiden bi the myddis of naciouns; whiche ye passiden,
Young's Literal Translation
for ye have known how ye dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed by through the midst of the nations which ye have passed by;
Update Bible Version
(for you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
Webster's Bible Translation
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
World English Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
New King James Version
(for you know that we dwelt in the land of Egypt and that we came through the nations which you passed by,
New Living Translation
"You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the lands of enemy nations as we left.
New Life Bible
You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the land of the nations on our way here.
New Revised Standard
You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
(For, ye, know, how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, - and how we passed through the midst of the nations which ye did pass through;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,
Revised Standard Version
"You know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

Contextual Overview

10 Ye all stand to-day before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel, 11 your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water, 12 that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God and into his oaths, as many as the Lord thy God appoints thee this day; 13 that he may appoint thee to himself for a people, and he shall be thy God, as he said to thee, and as he sware to thy fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob. 14 And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath; 15 but to those also who are here with you to-day before the Lord your God, and to those who are not here with you to-day. 16 For ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom ye came. 17 And ye beheld their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are among them. 18 Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness. 19 And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

through the nations: Deuteronomy 2:4, Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 2:24, Deuteronomy 3:1, Deuteronomy 3:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 20:7 - defile Ezekiel 23:3 - in Egypt

Cross-References

Genesis 29:17
And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.
Genesis 29:25
And it was morning, and behold it was Lea; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done to me? did I not serve thee for Rachel? and wherefore hast thou deceived me?
Genesis 29:32
And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.
Genesis 30:19
And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
Genesis 31:4
And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were.
Genesis 33:2
And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon.
Genesis 46:15
These are the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three.
Genesis 49:31
There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea;
Ruth 4:11
And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to thee in Bethleem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt,.... How long they and their fathers had dwelt there, the number of years they had been in the land, as the Targum of Jonathan, which was upwards of two hundred years; and being a country the inhabitants of which were much given to idolatry, they had seen many of their idols, and much of their idolatrous worship; and their hearts had been apt to be ensnared by it, and the minds of some tinctured with it, and the remembrance thereof might make ill impressions on them; to remove or prevent which this covenant was made:

and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; as the Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, and Midianites, as Aben Ezra observes, through whose borders they came, as they passed by their countries in their journeys in the wilderness.


 
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