4. The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the Lord your God’s altar.
5. You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
6. The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labour on us.
7. Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers. the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
8. the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;
9. and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.