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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
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Intertextuality Pair

Deuteronomy 26:5-10 → Genesis 18:18

Allusion

Later text

Deuteronomy 26:5-10BSB

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, "My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous. But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor. So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression. Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders. And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me." Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.

Earlier text

Genesis 18:18BSB

Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Significance

Genesis 18:18 declares that Abraham will become a גּוֹי גָּדוֹל (goy gadol, "great nation") and that all nations will be blessed through him. The Deuteronomy 26 firstfruits liturgy recites the historical fulfillment of precisely this promise: "My father was a wandering Aramean... and became a great nation, mighty and numerous" (v. 5), using the same גּוֹי גָּדוֹל language. The liturgy then traces God's deliverance from Egypt and gift of the land, demonstrating that the Abrahamic blessing has begun to be realized in Israel's national life. By embedding the patriarchal promise in a recurring worship confession, Deuteronomy ensures that each generation recognizes its firstfruits offering as evidence that God has kept His word to Abraham.

Found via: No public domain commentary confirmation available
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme