4 “Then the priest shall take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God.

5 And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: ‘My father was ^a1a Syrian, ^babout to perish, and ^che went down to Egypt and dwelt there, ^dfew in number; and there he became a nation, ^egreat, mighty, and populous.  ‡

7 ^aThen we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression.  ‡

8 So ^athe Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, ^bwith great terror and with signs and wonders.  ‡