Abraham went down to Egypt, down to Egpyt. / He fled the famine and the heat. / God plagued the Pharaoh of Egypt, ‘god’ of Egypt. / Abraham’s plunder would repeat. // (Genesis 12:10-13:1)
Israel went down to Egypt, down to Egypt. / He fled famine for grain so sweet. / God plagued the people of Egypt, ‘gods’ of Egypt. / Israel’s plunder now complete. // (Genesis 37 – Exodus 11)
God’s own Son went down to Egypt, down to Egypt, / That no violence would He yet meet. / God kept Him safe down in Egypt. Out of Egypt / God called Him our true Bread to eat. // (Matthew 2:13-15; Hosea 11:1; John 6)
