Lexicon :: Strong's G2992 - laos

He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.

Before they went to bed, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, the whole population, surrounded the house.

Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hethites, the people of the land.

Abraham bowed down to the people of the land

He took his last breath and died at a good old age, old and contented,[fn] and he was gathered to his people.

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

So Abimelech warned all the people, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels.

Esau said, “Let me leave some of my people with you.”

But he replied, “Why do that? Please indulge me,[fn] my lord.”

“But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

“You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.[fn] Only I, as king,[fn] will be greater than you.”

When the whole land of Egypt was stricken with famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

and Joseph made the people servants[fn] from one end of Egypt to the other.

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe,[fn] and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”[fn]

“Dan will judge his people

as one of the tribes of Israel.

Then he commanded them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hethite.

When Jacob had finished giving charges to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, took his last breath, and was gathered to his people.

“You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result ​— ​the survival of many people.

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”

Then the LORD said, “I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,

“therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

He answered, “I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I am the one who sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship[fn] God at this mountain.”

“And I will give these people such favor with the Egyptians that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.

“He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.

The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, make sure you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart[fn] so that he won’t let the people go.

“I told you: Let my son go so that he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn son! ”

Aaron repeated everything the LORD had said to Moses and performed the signs before the people.

Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival for me in the wilderness.”

The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why are you causing the people to neglect their work? Get to your labor! ”

So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not giving you straw.

So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

“No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks! ’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.”

So Moses went back to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? And why did you ever send me?

“I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians.

“Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put my hand into Egypt and bring the military divisions of my people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard: He refuses to let the people go.

“Tell him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let my people go, so that they may worship[fn] me in the wilderness. But so far you have not listened.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and tell him: This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

“The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will come up and go into your palace, into your bedroom and on your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Appeal to the LORD to remove the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let the people go and they can sacrifice to the LORD.”