Numbers 20 · Verse 15

Numbers 20:15

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

Numbers 20:15 in other translations

BSBhow our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
WEBhow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
ASVhow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
YLTthat our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers;
DARBYhow our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;
BBEHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:
WebsterHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers:

What does Numbers 20:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 20:14-16

14-16. Moses sent messengers ... to the king of Edom--The encampment at Kadesh was on the confines of the Edomite territory, through which the Israelites would have had an easy passage across the Arabah by Wady-el-Ghuweir, so that they could have continued their course around Moab, and approached Palestine from the east [Roberts]. The Edomites, being the descendants of Esau and tracing their line of descent from…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 20:14-21

The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel encamped, was through the country of Edom. The ambassadors who were sent returned with a denial. The Edomites feared to receive damage by the Israelites. And had this numerous army been under any other discipline than that of the righteous God himself, there might have been cause for this jealousy. But Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing; and now the hatred…

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Numbers 20:15 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.

וַיֵּרְד֤וּvai.ye.re.Duand they went downH3381
אֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1
מִצְרַ֔יְמָהmitz.Ray.mahEgypt towardsH4714
וַנֵּ֥שֶׁבva.Ne.shevand we dweltH3427
בְּמִצְרַ֖יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimin EgyptH4714
יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117
רַבִּ֑יםra.BimmanyH7227
וַיָּרֵ֥עוּvai.ya.Re.'uand they did harmH7489
לָ֛נוּLa.nuto <the> us
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4713
וְלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ\׃ve.la.'a.vo.Tei.nuand to ancestors ourH1

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Cross references for Numbers 20:15

  • Genesis 46:6

    And 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:

  • Deuteronomy 26:6

    And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

  • Exodus 12:40

    Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

  • Acts 7:15

    So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

  • Genesis 15:13

    And 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;

  • Exodus 5:14

    And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

  • Exodus 1:16

    And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

  • Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

  • Numbers 16:13

    Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

  • Acts 7:19

    The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

  • Numbers 11:5

    We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

  • Exodus 1:11-14

    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

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our fathers.
Ge 46:6; Ac 7:15
dwelt.
Ge 15:13; Ex 12:40
vexed us.
11:5; 16:13; Ex 1:11-14,16,22; 5:14; De 26:6; Ac 7:19

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Context

  • Numbers 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:

  • Numbers 20:15

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

  • Numbers 20:16

    And 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:

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Numbers 20:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cómo nuestros padres descendieron á Egipto, y estuvimos en Egipto largo tiempo, y los Egipcios nos maltrataron, y á nuestros padres;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Nos pères descendirent en Égypte, et nous avons habité en Égypte longtemps, et les Égyptiens nous ont maltraités, nous et nos pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
unsere Väter zogen nach Ägypten hinab, und wir haben eine lange Zeit in Ägypten gewohnt; und die Ägypter behandelten uns und unsere Väter übel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quomodo descenderint patres nostri in Ægyptum, et habitaverimus ibi multo tempore, afflixerintque nos Ægyptii, et patres nostros: