1 Samuel 12:8

Translations

Modern

When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

Traditional

When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

Literal

When Jacob had gone into Egypt, then your fathers cried out to YHWH, and YHWH sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought out your fathers from Egypt and made them dwell in this place.

Latin

…quomodo Jacob ingressus est in Ægyptum, et clamaverunt patres vestri ad Dominum: et misit Dominus Moysen et Aaron, et eduxit patres vestros de Ægypto, et collocavit eos in loco hoc.

Original

Hebrew

English

When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

Notes

1 Samuel 12:6–25

In 1 Samuel 12:1–5, Samuel examined himself and was found innocent. In 1 Samuel 12:6–25, he examined the nation and found it guilty.

1 Samuel 12:1–25

The confirmation of Saul as king at Gilgal was the last step in making him king (1 Samuel 11:12–15). It was also a suitable time for Samuel to give his farewell speech as Israel's leader.

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

Exodus 4:14–16
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Exodus 2:23–24
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
Joshua 1:6
Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
Exodus 4:27–31
Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
Psalm 78:54–55
He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
Numbers 20:15
…how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
Exodus 3:9–10
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Psalm 105:44
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
Exodus 6:26
It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.”
Exodus 12:51
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
Genesis 46:5–7
Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.

People

Aaron: Moses' brother, first high priest of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Bethel (Place), Bethelite Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Aaron: Commissioned As a Deliverer of Israel Jacob: Moves to Egypt

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