Psalm 78:12 {77:12}
Good News Translation
While their ancestors watched, God performed miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
In the sight of their ancestors he worked marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

Contemporary English Version
he did for their ancestors near Zoan in Egypt.

New American Bible
In the sight of their ancestors God did wonders, in the land of Egypt, the plain of Zoan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.

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Psalm 78:42-50 They remembered not his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of him that afflicted them: . . .

Psalm 105:27-38 He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham. . . .

Psalm 135:9 He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon Pharao, and upon all his servants.

Exodus 7:1 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold, I have appointed thee the god of Pharao; and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy prophet.

Exodus 8:1 And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

Exodus 9:1 And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and speak to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

Exodus 10:1 And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants: that I may work these my signs in him,

Exodus 11:1 And the Lord said to Moses: Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharao and Egypt, and after that he shall let you go, and thrust you out.

Exodus 12:1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 4:34 If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes.

Deuteronomy 6:22 And he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,

Nehemiah 9:10 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day.

Zoan.

44 miles west of Pelusium, and

169 miles east of Alexandria, according to the Antonine Itinerary, and three miles from the Mediterranean, according to the Geograph. Nubiens. Clim.3, par.3 There are ruins still remaining to mark the site of Zoan, or Tanis, called San by the Arabs; comprising broken obelisks, capitals of the Corinthian order, a granite monument, etc.

Psalm 78:43 How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.

Genesis 32:3 And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:

Numbers 13:22 And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

Isaiah 19:11,13 The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? . . .

Ezekiel 30:14 And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
11And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders that he had shewn them. 12Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.13He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.…
Cross References
Exodus 7:1
And the Lord said to Moses: Behold, I have appointed thee the god of Pharao; and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy prophet.

Numbers 13:22
And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac. For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of Egypt.

Psalm 44:1
Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God. [1] Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.

Psalm 78:43
How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.

Psalm 106:22
Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.

Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Isaiah 30:4
For thy princes were in Tanis, and thy messengers came even to Hanes.

Ezekiel 30:14
And I will destroy the land of Phatures, and will make a fire in Taphnis, and will execute judgments in Alexandria.

Micah 7:15
According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt, I will shew him wonders.

Psalm 78:11
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