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Sunday, October 13th, 2024
the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Green's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 29:16

For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations through which you passed.

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

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;
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;
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:
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.
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;
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;
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.
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;
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;
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;
New English Translation
"(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.
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,
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;
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.
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.
Amplified Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the nations along the way;
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;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them--
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom ye came.
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.
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,
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 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;
New Century Version
You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries when we came here.
Christian Standard Bible®
"Indeed, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations where 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;

Contextual Overview

10 You are standing today, all of you, before Jehovah your God; your rulers, your tribes your elders, and your officers, every man of Israel; 11 your little ones, your wives, and your alien who is in the midst of your camps, from the woodchopper to the one drawing your water; 12 so that you should enter into the covenant of Jehovah your God, and into His oath, which Jehovah your God is making with you today; 13 so that He may establish you today for a people to Himself, and He Himself be your God, as He has spoken to you, and as He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 And I am not making this covenant and this oath with you alone, 15 but with him who stands here with us today before Jehovah your God; and also with him that is not here with us today. 16 For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, and their idols of wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them; 18 that there not be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you today a root that bears gall and wormwood; 19 and it happens when he hears the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to snatch away the drunken with the thirsty.

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 Leah were weak, and Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance.
Genesis 29:25
And it happened in the morning; behold! She was Leah. And he said to Laban, What have you done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? And why have you tricked me?
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely Jehovah has looked on my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
Genesis 30:19
And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
Genesis 31:4
And Jacob sent and called for Rachel and for Leah to come to the field, to his flocks.
Genesis 33:2
And he put the slave-girls and their children first; and Leah and her children behind: and Rachel and Joseph last.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born; and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:15
These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram, and his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty three.
Genesis 49:31
They buried Abraham and his wife Sarah there, and they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and I buried Leah there;
Ruth 4:11
And all the people who were in the gate and the elders, said, We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who is coming into your house to be as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel. And may you do worthily in Ephratah, and proclaim the Name in Bethlehem.

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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