Acts 13:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.(A) With uplifted arm he led them out of it 18 and for about forty years he put up with[a] them in the desert.(B) 19 When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance(C)
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- 13:18 Put up with: some manuscripts read “sustained.”
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