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Numbers 20:15

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20:15how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time,26 and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.27

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Heb “many days.”
  2. 27 The verb רָעַע (ra’a’) means “to act or do evil.” Evil here is in the sense of causing pain or trouble. So the causative stem in our passage means “to treat wickedly.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

NLTNew Living Translation

Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there a long time, and we and our ancestors were brutally mistreated by the Egyptians.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

KJV 1900King James Version

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