Deuteronomy 6:21 (GNV)

Passage

Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:19 To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the Lord hath sayd.

Deuteronomy 6:20 When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

Deuteronomy 6:21 Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

Deuteronomy 6:22 And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,

Deuteronomy 6:23 And brought vs out from thence, to bring vs in, and to giue vs the land which he sware vnto our fathers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shalt", "thou", "vnto", "sonne", "pharaohs", "bondmen", "egypt", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shalt" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "When thy sonne shall aske thee in..." into verse 22's "And the Lord shewed signes and wonders...", so "shalt" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shalt" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.