Exodus 13:8 “And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of wh…”

Exodus 13:8

And 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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

You 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.’

American Standard Version

And 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation

'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,

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

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Cross references

“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 13:14 Psalm 44:1 Psalm 78:3–8 Isaiah 38:19 Ephesians 6:4 Exodus 12:26

Exodus 13:14 · BSB

In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Psalm 44:1 · BSB

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Psalm 78:3–8 · BSB

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Isaiah 38:19 · BSB

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:4 · BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Exodus 12:26 · BSB

When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

Also

Exodus 10:2

Exodus 10:2 · BSB

and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.

9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Read Exodus 13