Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'egypt' occurs 641 times in the standard works.

325 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'egypt' in the standard works and contain 50.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 142 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 19:12-25 (15 in 14 verses)

Gen. 41:53-42:3 (8 in 8 verses)

Jer. 42:14-19 (7 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 20:5-10 (7 in 6 verses)

Jer. 44:24-30 (7 in 7 verses)

Ex. 10:12-15 (6 in 4 verses)

Gen. 41:41-46 (6 in 6 verses)

Gen. 41:43-48 (6 in 6 verses)

Ezek. 30:8-13 (6 in 6 verses)

Isa. 19:1-3 (5 in 3 verses)

Ex. 6:26-29 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 9:22-25 (5 in 4 verses)

Ex. 12:39-42 (5 in 4 verses)

Jer. 43:11-44:1 (5 in 4 verses)

Jer. 44:12-15 (5 in 4 verses)

Acts 7:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Gen. 47:26-30 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 3:16-20 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 13:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 12:12-13 (4 in 2 verses)

Ex. 7:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 8:5-7 (4 in 3 verses)

Josh. 5:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 26:21-23 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 4:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 7:19-22 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 11:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 24:4-7 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:40 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 24:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Gen. 46:26-27 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 6:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 11:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 36:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 30:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 46:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 47:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 3:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 6:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 14:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 16:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 12:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 20:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 30:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 2:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 7:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 1:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Abr. 1:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 40:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 9:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 17:7 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 36:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 46:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 23:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 12:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 45:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 46:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 47:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 12:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 32:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 4:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 15:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 12:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 135:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 27:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 32:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 46:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 30:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 32:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 11:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 10:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 7:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Abr. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 587 120 707
NT 24 5 29
BM 18 10 28
1 Ne. 4 4 8
2 Ne. 9 1 10
Mosiah 2 1 3
Alma 2 2 4
Hel. 0 1 1
Morm. 0 1 1
Ether 1 0 1
DC 1 0 1
PGP 11 9 20
TOTAL 641 144 785

1 Ne. 1:2
Yea, I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.

1 Ne. 4:3
Now behold ye know that this is true; and ye also know that an angel hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt? Let us go up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.

1 Ne. 5:14
And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household from perishing with famine.

1 Ne. 5:15
And they were also led out of captivity and out of the land of Egypt, by that same God who had preserved them.

1 Ne. 17:23
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them, saying: Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of Israel, would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians if they had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

1 Ne. 17:27
But ye know that the Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea, who were the armies of Pharaoh.

1 Ne. 17:40
And he loveth those who will have him to be their God. Behold, he loved our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he remembered the covenants which he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Ne. 19:10
And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 3:4
For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt. And great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

2 Ne. 3:10
And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt.

2 Ne. 4:1
And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into Egypt.

2 Ne. 17:18
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

2 Ne. 20:24
Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 20:26
And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as his rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

2 Ne. 21:11
And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Ne. 21:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry shod.

2 Ne. 21:16
And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Ne. 25:20
And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved.

Mosiah 1:4
For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have remembered all these things, to have taught them to his children, except it were for the help of these plates; for he having been taught in the language of the Egyptians therefore he could read these engravings, and teach them to his children, that thereby they could teach them to their children, and so fulfilling the commandments of God, even down to this present time.

Mosiah 7:19
Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.

Mosiah 12:34
I am the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Alma 10:3
And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.

Alma 29:12
Yea, I have always remembered the captivity of my fathers; and that same God who delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians did deliver them out of bondage.

Alma 36:28
And I know that he will raise me up at the last day, to dwell with him in glory; yea, and I will praise him forever, for he has brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he has swallowed up the Egyptians in the Red Sea; and he led them by his power into the promised land; yea, and he has delivered them out of bondage and captivity from time to time.

Hel. 8:11
Therefore he was constrained to speak more unto them saying: Behold, my brethren, have ye not read that God gave power unto one man, even Moses, to smite upon the waters of the Red Sea, and they parted hither and thither, insomuch that the Israelites, who were our fathers, came through upon dry ground, and the waters closed upon the armies of the Egyptians and swallowed them up?

Morm. 9:32
And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech.

Ether 13:7
For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph that he should perish not.