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Lexicon :: Strong's H4714 - miṣrayim

Aa
מִצְרַיִם
Transliteration
miṣrayim
Pronunciation
mits-rah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1235

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x

The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x
The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).
proper locative noun

  1. Egypt = "land of the Copts"

    1. a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

      adjective

  2. Egyptians = "double straits"

    1. the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
STRONGS H4714: Abbreviations
מִצְרַ֫יִם 681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculineExodus 12:33, masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below 2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם; Assyrian Mǔṣŭr(u), Muṣru, Miṣir, DlPar 308 SchrCOT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna Mišrî, WklTA 39 * BezBM 152, and Mašrî Wkll. c.; Arabic bdb059503 Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miṣru HomA and A. (1892), 125; see EbÄgM 71 ff.; Greek Version of the LXX Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare DiGenesis 10:6), but as locative ending EMeyGeschichte. I, § 42 BaNB p. 319 R. 5; JenZA iv (1889), 268 ff. thinks מִצְרַיִם absolute formed by analogy of מַיִם, שָׁמַיִם from Miṣrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — מ׳ Genesis 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 + 12 times, מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 + 14 times; —
1.
a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 + 500 times, +, in all periods, including אֶרֶץ מ׳ Genesis 13:10 + approximately + 220 times (of course feminine, Genesis 47:6, 13); אַדְמַת מ׳ the soil of Egypt † Genesis 47:20, 26; מֵימֵי מ׳ † Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; נְהַר מ׳ † Genesis 15:18; יְאֹר מ׳ † Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; יְאֹרֵי מ׳ † Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); שִׁיחוֺר מ׳ † 1 Chronicles 13:5; לְשׁוֺן יָםמֿ׳ † Isaiah 11:15; נַחַל מ׳ Joshua 15:4 + 6 times (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; Genesis 49:23, compare שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ׳ Ezekiel 27:7, אֵטוּן מ׳ Proverbs 7:16; often || בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3, 4, 5; Isaiah 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4, 9 +; || אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (פַּתְרוֹם), as well as Lower, Jeremiah 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6; apparently distinguished from Upper Egypt Isaiah 11:11, and possibly also Jeremiah 44:15 (compare Gf Gie Buhl SS CheHpt Isaiah); but פתרוס etc. in these verses somewhat dubious (compare B. Du Gie).
b. combinations are:
(1) מ׳ as limit of motion: מצרימ(ה)יָרַד Genesis 43:15; Joshua 24:4 + with + 12 times; מ׳ בּוֹא + with + 26 times, בְמ׳ בוא † Isaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹ † Jeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח † 1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַח † Jeremiah 26:22; so (+אֶל־) Jeremiah 26:22. In Jeremiah 42:16b read בְּמ׳ with Gie.
(2) מ׳ as point of departure (הֶעֱלָה) מ׳ מִן־(אִרץ) עָלָה Genesis 13:1 + with + 43 times; יָצָא (הוֹצִיא) מ׳ מִן־(ארץ) Exodus 12:39 + with + 96 times; מִמּ׳ פָּדָה † 2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא † 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּב † Jeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָה † Psalm 68:32; מִמּ׳ † קָרָא † Hoshea 11:1.
2. of people:
a. in table of nations, personified as second son of Ham † Genesis 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 1:8, compare Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11.
b. = Egypt (as a people), Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately + 134 times, including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb feminine singular אָֽבְדָה מ׳ Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; Exodus 14:25; Isaiah 19:16, 23, 25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21, 23 + 22 times; בִּנֵי מ׳ Ezekiel 16:26; בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ׳ Jeremiah 46:11, compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16, 17; 2 Kings 7:6 WklAlttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian Muṣri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם as often = Muṣri in North Arabia see WklAltor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:6; 10:6; 10:13; 12:10; 12:11; 13:1; 13:1; 13:1; 13:10; 15:18; 37:36; 41:55; 41:55; 41:56; 43:15; 45:20; 47:6; 47:13; 47:20; 47:26; 49:23

Exodus

7:19; 8:2; 10:7; 10:7; 12:33; 12:33; 12:39; 14:25

Joshua

15:4; 24:4

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

10:28; 11:40

2 Kings

7:6

1 Chronicles

1:8; 1:11; 13:5; 17:21

2 Chronicles

1:16; 1:17; 10:2; 12:3; 20:10

Psalms

68:32

Proverbs

7:16

Isaiah

7:18; 7:18; 11:11; 11:15; 19:16; 19:21; 19:23; 19:23; 19:23; 19:25; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 45:14

Jeremiah

2:18; 26:22; 26:22; 37:7; 42:16; 44:1; 44:15; 44:28; 46:8; 46:11; 46:19; 46:24

Ezekiel

16:26; 27:7; 29:10; 30:4; 30:6; 30:9; 30:18

Hosea

9:6; 11:11; 12:1

Amos

8:8; 9:5

H4714

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Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 639 times in 573 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 12 (Jer 26:22–Eze 20:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:22 - Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: H4714 Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:23 - And they brought Uriah from Egypt H4714 and led him to King Jehoiakim, who slew him with a sword and cast his dead body into the [fn]burial place of the [fn]common people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, H4714 My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:20 - who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, H4714 and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made a name for Yourself, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21 - ‘You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt H4714 with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13 - “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘I made a covenant with your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, H4714 from the house of bondage, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; H4714 and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went and stayed in [fn]Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, H4714 where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:15 - then [fn]in that case listen to the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “If you really set your [fn]mind to enter Egypt H4714 and go in to reside there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; H4714 and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, H4714 and you will die there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17 - “So all the men who set their [fn]mind to go to Egypt H4714 to reside there will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence; and they will have no survivors or refugees from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. H4714 And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and you will see this place no more.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:19 - The LORD has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not go into Egypt!” H4714 You should clearly understand that today I have testified against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2 - Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You are not to enter Egypt H4714 to reside there’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:7 - and they entered the land of Egypt H4714 (for they did not obey the voice of the LORD) and went in as far as Tahpanhes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11 - “He will also come and strike the land of Egypt; H4714 those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and those for the sword to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - “And [fn]I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, H4714 and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt H4714 as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - “He will also shatter the [fn]obelisks of [fn]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; H4714 and the temples of the gods of Egypt H4714 he will burn with fire.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, H4714 those who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and the land of Pathros, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning [fn]sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, H4714 where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - ‘And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their [fn]mind on entering the land of Egypt H4714 to reside there, and they will all [fn]meet their end in the land of Egypt; H4714 they will fall by the sword and meet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:13 - ‘And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, H4714 as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14 - ‘So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt H4714 to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are [fn]longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:15 - Then all the men who were aware that their wives were burning [fn]sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, [fn]including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, H4714 responded to Jeremiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:24 - Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt, H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:26 - “[fn]Nevertheless hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, H4714 ‘Behold, I have sworn by My great name,’ says the LORD, ‘never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, H4714 saying, “As the Lord [fn]GOD lives.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - ‘Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt H4714 will [fn]meet their end by the sword and by famine until they [fn]are completely gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - ‘Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt H4714 to the land of Judah [fn]few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt H4714 to reside there will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30 - “Thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt H4714 to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - To Egypt, H4714 concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, H4714 which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt H4714 rises like the Nile,
Even like the rivers whose waters surge about;
And He has said, “I will rise and cover that land;
I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - Go up to Gilead and obtain balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt! H4714
In vain have you multiplied [fn]remedies;
There is no healing for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13 - This is the [fn]message which the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt: H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:14 - “Declare in Egypt H4714 and proclaim in Migdol,
Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Take your stand and get yourself ready,
For the sword has devoured those around you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:17 - “[fn]They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 is but a big noise;
He has let the appointed time pass by!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19 - “Make your baggage ready for exile,
O daughter dwelling in Egypt, H4714
For Memphis will become a desolation;
It will even be burned down and [fn]bereft of inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - “Egypt H4714 is a pretty heifer,
But a [fn]horsefly is coming from the north—it is coming!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - “The daughter of Egypt H4714 has been put to shame,
Given over to the [fn]power of the people of the north.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 - The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt H4714 along with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6 - We have [fn]submitted to Egypt H4714 and Assyria [fn]to get enough bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - “You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, H4714 your [fn]lustful neighbors, and multiplied your harlotry to make Me angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - ‘But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt H4714 that they might give him horses and many [fn]troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - ‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when I chose Israel and [fn]swore to the [fn]descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, H4714 when I [fn]swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt H4714 into a land that I had [fn]selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - “I said to them, ‘Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; H4714 I am the LORD your God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - “But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; [fn]they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. H4714 Then I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9 - “But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. H4714

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