7 ^fBut the people of Israel were ^gfruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

5 “And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A wandering ^dAramean was my father. And he ^ewent down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and ^fthere he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.