Hebrews 3:9
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Where your fathers tempted me, proved and saw my works,

and.

Exodus 19:4 You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself.

Exodus 20:22 And the Lord said to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

Deuteronomy 4:3,9 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you. . . .

Deuteronomy 11:7 Your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord, that he hath done,

Deuteronomy 29:2 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land.

Joshua 23:3 And you see all that the Lord your God hath done to all the nations round about, how he himself hath fought for you:

Joshua 24:7 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time.

Luke 7:22 And answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached.

forty.

Numbers 14:33 Your children shall wander in the desert forty years, and shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in the desert,

Deuteronomy 8:2,4 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no. . . .

Joshua 5:6 During the forty years of the journey in the wide wilderness, were uncircumcised: till all they were consumed that had not heard the voice of the Lord, and to whom he had sworn before, that he would not shew them the land flowing with milk and honey.

Amos 2:10 It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.

Acts 7:36 He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the desert, forty years.

Acts 13:8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

Context
Do Not Harden Your Hearts
8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the desert, 9Where your fathers tempted me, proved and saw my works, 10Forty years: for which cause I was offended with this generation, and I said: They always err in heart. And they have not known my ways.…
Cross References
Psalm 95:9
As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

Acts 7:36
He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the desert, forty years.

Lexicon
where
οὗ (hou)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3757: Where, whither, when, in what place. Genitive case of hos as adverb; at which place, i.e. Where.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

fathers
πατέρες (pateres)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

tested
ἐπείρασαν (epeirasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3985: To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.

[and]
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

tried [Me],
δοκιμασίᾳ (dokimasia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1382: A trial, proof; tried, approved character. From the same as dokimos; test; by implication, trustiness.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

for forty
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

years
ἔτη (etē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

saw
εἶδον (eidon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

works.
ἔργα (erga)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.


Additional Translations
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

where forty years your fathers tried Me by testing and saw My works.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

Where your fathers tried me by proving me, And saw my works forty years.

where your fathers tempted [me], by proving [me], and saw my works forty years.

Wherewith your fathers tempted me by proving me, And saw my works forty years.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

where your forefathers so sorely tried My patience and saw all that I did during forty years.

where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.

in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;
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