19 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
1 Chronicles 16:19
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1 When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, 2 Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
Job 15:18–20
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2 Esdras 14:28–30
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Psalms 105:22–24
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom. 23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. 24 And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
2 Esdras 13:45–47
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Lamentations 5:1–3
1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace! 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. 3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
Job 30:2–4
2 What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them? 3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. 4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
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