 | Carolyn Thomas - 1994 - 180 pages
...powerless people. 5 Israel's sacred writings attest that its people never forgot their roots as aliens: "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien" (Dt 26:5). Part of ancient Israel's population consisted of resident aliens, people who lived within... | |
 | Susan S. Phillips, Patricia Benner - 1994 - 216 pages
...scholars as an early, narratological "confession of faith," outlines the story as it now develops: A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as a stranger, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and large in number. Then the... | |
 | Thomas Wingate Mann - 1995 - 188 pages
...down before the altar of the LORD your God, 5 you shall make this response before the LORD your God: "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down...there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. 6 When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, " we cried... | |
 | Christopher Irvine - 1997 - 100 pages
...Lord your God for the good land that he has given you. The Creed of a Travelling People Deuteronomy 26:5-9 'A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went...treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labour on us, we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our... | |
 | Oscar L. Arnal - 1998 - 241 pages
...especially in the example recited in Deuteronomy 26:5b-9, clearly display this foundation of belief: A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down...mighty and populous. When the Egyptians treated us 12 harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to the LORD, the God of our ancestors;... | |
 | Sidney Greidanus - 1999 - 396 pages
...firstfruits, the Israelites were required to confess God's mighty acts of redemption. They were to say: A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down...lived there as an alien, few in number, and there became a great nation, mighty and populous. When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us,... | |
 | Michael Joseph Brown - 2001 - 184 pages
...exodus. One of the earliest traces of the tradition involving the exodus can be found in Deuteronomy 26:5-9: A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went...afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, we cried to Yahweh, the God of our ancestors; Yahweh heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our... | |
 | Thomas H. Olbricht - 2000 - 188 pages
...of the owner, not because of who he was. Likewise, Israel is depicted as an adopted son of Yahweh. "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down...there he became a great nation, mighty and populous" (Deut. 26:5). Ezekiel's analogy is that of a bride rather than a son, but the same thesis is obvious... | |
 | Antony F. Campbell, Mark A. O'Brien - 514 pages
...down before the altar of the LORD your God 5You shall make this response before the LORD your God: "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down...there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. f'When the Egyptians freated 58. For 26:1-19, compare the following: Mayes Nielsen Preuss i) pre-DH... | |
 | 178 pages
...reading contains a passage that is thought by many to be the most momentous in all the Jewish Scriptures. "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there. ..." So it begins. And it goes on to tell the story with which we are all so familiar, the story of... | |
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A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. 
