KJV King James Version
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
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Joshua 24:6
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
WEB World English Bible
I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
ASV American Standard Version
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea;
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
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וָֽאוֹצִ֤יאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙H1 · avfatherמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוַתָּבֹ֖אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeהַיָּ֑מָּהH3220 · yamseaוַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּH7291 · ra.daphto pursueמִצְרַ֜יִםH4713 · mits.riEgyptianאַחֲרֵ֧יH310 · a.charafterאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֛םH1 · avfatherבְּרֶ֥כֶבH7393 · re.khevchariotוּבְפָרָשִׁ֖יםH6571 · pa.rashhorseיַם־H3220 · yamseaסֽוּף׃H5488 · suphRed (Sea)
Cross-references
Acts 7:36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.Hebrews 11:29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.Psalm 78:13He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.Isaiah 63:12-13That led [them] by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?Nehemiah 9:11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.Micah 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.Exodus 12:37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.Exodus 12:51And it came to pass the selfsame day, [that] the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.Exodus 14:1-15And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Psalm 136:13-15To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Psalm 77:15-20Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
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