New American Standard Bible 1995

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"And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"And Jacob Jacob, the son of Isaac, also the father of Joseph, Mary's husband N-NMS H2384 Ἰακὼβ iakōb
Analysis:
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went down to go down V-AIA-3S H2597 κατέβη katebē
to Egypt Egypt, the land of the Nile N-AFS H125 Αἴγυπτον aigupton
Analysis:

Egypt is often associated with the secular world. We become enslaved to our worldly desires, such as job, money, cars. In other words the world or (Egypt) looks good and very tempting until we get so wrapped up in it that we become a slave to it.

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and [there] he and our fathers a father N-NMP H3962 πατέρες pateres
died. to complete, to come to an end, hence to die V-AIA-3S H5053 ἐτελεύτησεν eteleutēsen

Locations

Egypt

EGYPTe'-jipt:I. THE COUNTRY1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric RacesII. THE HISTORY1. 1st and 2nd Ages: Prehistoric 2. 3d Age: Ist and IInd Dynasties 3. 4th Age: IIIrd through VIth Dynasties 4. 5th Age: VIIth through XIVth Dynasties 5.... View Details

People

Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.
King James Bible "And So Jacob went down to Egypt into Egypt, and there he died, he, and our fathers died.fathers,
Berean Bible "And And Jacob went down to into Egypt and there died, he and our fathers died.fathers,
Hebrew Greek English "And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died.