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Psalms 78:12
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the congregation immediately after noting their failure to remember God's past acts, recounting the exodus narrative. The words — The Hebrew word נֶגֶד (neged) literally means "before," indicating God performed His wonders visibly in the presence of the ancestors. The thread — The city of Zoan is mentioned in Isaiah 19:11 regarding its foolish princes and in Ezekiel 30:14 where God vows to burn it, while Numbers 13:22 records that Hebron was built seven years before Zoan. Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment of God's direct, historical interventions in Egypt rather than passive forgetting, requiring the reader to ground their trust in documented divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Cross-references
- Numbers 13:22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
- Isaiah 19:11 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Ezekiel 30:14 I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
- Exodus 7:1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Deuteronomy 6:22 Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
- Psalms 135:9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
- Isaiah 19:13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
- Genesis 32:3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Nehemiah 9:10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.