17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty[a] arm.(A) 18 And for about forty years he put up with them[b] in the wilderness;(B) 19 and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,(C) he gave them their land as an inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:17 Lit with an uplifted
  2. 13:18 Other mss read he cared for them

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