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You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

Deuteronomy 26:5 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીપુનર્નિયમ ૨૬:૫
પછી તમારે યહોવાહ તમારા ઈશ્વર સમક્ષ એમ કહેવું કે, “અમારા પિતા સ્થળાંતર કરીને આવેલ અરામી હતા અને મિસરમાં જઈને રહ્યા. અને તેમના લોકની સંખ્યા થોડી હતી. ત્યાં તેઓ એક મોટી, શક્તિશાળી અને વસ્તીવાળી પ્રજા બન્યા.
हिन्दीव्यवस्थाविवरण २६:५
तब तू अपने परमेश्वर यहोवा से इस प्रकार कहना, ‘ मेरा मूलपुरुष एक अरामी मनुष्य था जो मरने पर था; और वह अपने छोटे से परिवार समेत मिस्र को गया, और वहाँ परदेशी होकर रहा; और वहाँ उससे एक बड़ी, और सामर्थी, और बहुत मनुष्यों से भरी हुई जाति उत्पन्न हुई।

In context

3You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to the LORD your God, that I have come to the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”

4The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the LORD your God’s altar.

5You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

6The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

7Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers. The LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

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