Deuternomium 6:21

21 so sollst du deinem Sohne sagen: Wir waren Knechte des Pharao in Ägypten, und Jehova hat uns mit starker Hand aus Ägypten herausgeführt;

Deuternomium 6:21 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 21 Then shall thou say unto thy son
In order to lead him into the spring and original of them, and to acquaint him with the goodness of God, which laid them under obligation to observe them:

we were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
were brought into bondage and slavery to Pharaoh king of Egypt, into whose country their ancestors came, and where they resided many years, and at length were reduced to the utmost servitude and misery:

and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
by the exertion of his mighty power, which the Egyptians and their king could not withstand, as a token of his care and kindness to us; by the ties of which we are bound in gratitude to observe his commands. The Targum of Jonathan is,

``the Word of the Lord brought us''

and it was Christ the Son of God that was from first to last concerned in that affair, even from the appearance to Moses in the bush to Israel's coming out of Egypt.

Deuternomium 6:21 In-Context

19 indem er alle deine Feinde vor dir ausstößt, so wie Jehova geredet hat.

20 Wenn dein Sohn dich künftig fragt und spricht: Was bedeuten die Zeugnisse und die Satzungen und die Rechte, welche Jehova, unser Gott, euch geboten hat?

21 so sollst du deinem Sohne sagen: Wir waren Knechte des Pharao in Ägypten, und Jehova hat uns mit starker Hand aus Ägypten herausgeführt;

22 und Jehova tat vor unseren Augen große und verderbenbringende Zeichen und Wunder an Ägypten, an dem Pharao und an seinem ganzen Hause;

23 und uns führte er von dannen heraus, um uns herzubringen, uns das Land zu geben, welches er unseren Vätern zugeschworen hat.