Deuteronomy 26:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ And the priest taking the basket at thy hand, shall set it before the altar of the Lord thy God:

⁵ And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

⁶ And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens: