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27 Have thou mind of thy servants, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; behold thou not the hardness of this people, and the wickedness, and the sin thereof, (Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not thou look upon the stubbornness of this people, and their wickedness, and their sin,)

28 lest peradventure the dwellers of the land, out of which thou leddest us, say, The Lord might not bring them into the land which he promised to them, and he hated them; therefore he led them out that he should slay them in (the) wilderness; (lest the inhabitants of the land, out of which thou hast led us, shall say, The Lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath led them out so that he could kill them in the wilderness;)

29 and Lord, they be thy people, and thine heritage, which thou leddest out in thy great strength, and in thine arm stretched forth. (but Lord, they be thy people, and thy inheritance, whom thou hast led out with thy great strength, and thy outstretched arm.)

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27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness(A) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country(B) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,(C) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’(D) 29 But they are your people,(E) your inheritance(F) that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.(G)

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