^9 (A)He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are ^[a]more and mightier than we.

⁵ You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, ‘^(A)My father was a ^[a]wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and ^[b]sojourned there, ^(B)few in number; but there he became a ^(C)great, mighty and populous nation.