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Numbers 20:15

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How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
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  1. Deuteronomy 26:6Rank 1 from verse 15
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    6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  2. Exodus 12:40Rank 2 from verse 15
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    40¶ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

  3. Genesis 46:6Rank 3 from verse 15
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    6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

  4. Acts 7:15Rank 4 from verse 15
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    15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

  5. Genesis 15:13Rank 5 from verse 15
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    13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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Numbers 20:15

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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vexed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of vex, meaning to trouble, distress, afflict, harass, or oppress.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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20:14¶ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

20:15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

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20:16And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

20:17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

20:18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

20:19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

20:20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

20:21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

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