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Exodus 12

Ex. 12:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it shall come to pass, when your children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
shall say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto youe, What mean ye by this service
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
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Ex. 13:8,14• 8And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.
 14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say to him, With a powerful hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Ex. 13:8,14)
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Deut. 32:7• 7Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. (Deut. 32:7)
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Josh. 4:6• 6that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones? (Josh. 4:6)
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Psa. 78:6• 6That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children, (Psa. 78:6)

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your children.
Ex. 13:8‑9,14‑15,22• 8And thou shalt inform thy son in that day, saying, It is because of what Jehovah did to me when I came out of Egypt.
 9And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.
 14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say to him, With a powerful hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
 15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb--being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.
 22The pillar of the cloud did not remove from before the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night. (Ex. 13:8‑9,14‑15,22)
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Deut. 6:7• 7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deut. 6:7)
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Deut. 11:19• 19And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; (Deut. 11:19)
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Deut. 32:7• 7Remember the days of old, Consider the years of generation to generation; Ask thy father, and he will shew thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. (Deut. 32:7)
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Josh. 4:6‑7,21‑24• 6that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
 7then ye shall say to them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it went through the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
 21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?
 22then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
 23because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;
 24that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually. (Josh. 4:6‑7,21‑24)
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Psa. 78:3‑6• 3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
 4We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
 6That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children, (Psa. 78:3‑6)
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Psa. 145:4• 4One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. (Psa. 145:4)
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Isa. 38:19• 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. (Isa. 38:19)
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Eph. 6:4• 4And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?