Exodus 13 · Verse 8

Exodus 13:8

And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:8, King James Version

Exodus 13:8 in other translations

BSBAnd on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
WEBYou shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
ASVAnd thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
YLT‘And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, ‘ It is because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,
DARBYAnd thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.
BBEAnd you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.
WebsterAnd thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did to me when I came forth out of Egypt.

What does Exodus 13:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying--The establishment of this and the other sacred festivals presented the best opportunities of instructing the young in a knowledge of His gracious doings to their ancestors in Egypt.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 13:1-10

Chapter Outline The first-born sanctified to God, The remembrance of the passover commanded. (1-10) The firstlings of beasts set apart. (11-16) Joseph's bones carried with the Israelites, They come to Etham. (17-20) God guideth the Israelites by a pillar of cloud fire. (21-22) Verses 1-10 In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and of beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out…

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Exodus 13:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ve.hi.gad.Taand you will tellH5046
לְבִנְךָ֔le.vin.Khato child yourH1121
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
בַּעֲב֣וּרba.'a.Vurfor sake ofH5668
זֶ֗הZehwhatH2088
עָשָׂ֤ה'a.Sahhe didH6213
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לִ֔יLifor me
בְּצֵאתִ֖יbe.tze.Tiwhen came out IH3318
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם\׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714

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Cross references for Exodus 13:8

  • Exodus 13:14

    And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

  • Exodus 12:26-27

    And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

  • Psalms 44:1

    To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

  • Exodus 10:2

    And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

  • Isaiah 38:19

    The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • Psalms 78:3-8

    Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: …

  • Deuteronomy 4:9-10

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14; 12:26,27; De 4:9,10; Ps 44:1; 78:3-8; Isa 38:19; Eph 6:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 13:7

    Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

  • Exodus 13:8

    And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

  • Exodus 13:9

    And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

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Exodus 13:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y contarás en aquel día á tu hijo, diciendo: Hácese esto con motivo de lo que Jehová hizo conmigo cuando me sacó de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu raconteras ces choses à ton fils, en ce jour-là, disant: C’est à cause de ce que l’ Éternel m’a fait quand je sortis d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du sollst deinem Sohne an selbigem Tage kundtun und sprechen: Es ist um deswillen, was Jehova mir getan hat, als ich aus Ägypten zog.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Narrabisque filio tuo in die illo, dicens: Hoc est quod fecit mihi Dominus quando egressus sum de Ægypto.