^{5 Ref} `And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean `is' my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;

^{6 Ref} and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;

^{7 Ref} and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression;

^{8 Ref} and Jehovah bringeth us out from Egypt, by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great fear, and by signs, and by wonders,

^{9 Ref} and he bringeth us in unto this place, and giveth to us this land -- a land flowing with milk and honey.