Acts 13:17

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Summary

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

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“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

The Lord said to Abram:

Go out from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.

I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the Lord your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

You are Yahweh,
the God who chose Abram
and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
and changed his name to Abraham.

you offspring of Abraham His servant,
Jacob’s descendants—His chosen ones.

For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His treasured possession.

But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
descendant of Abraham, My friend—

“And now listen, Jacob My servant,
Israel whom I have chosen.

“Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families He had chosen.’ My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.

But you are a chosen race,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises

of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.

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“As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

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This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 40 years.

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said:

I will sing to the Lord,
for He is highly exalted;
He has thrown the horse
and its rider into the sea.

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods, because He did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.”

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.

the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.

Woe to us, who will rescue us from the hand of these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt
and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

God, Your way is holy.
What god is great like God?

He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.

He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp
the significance of Your wonderful works
or remember Your many acts of faithful love;
instead, they rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea.

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
both man and beast.

He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians
His love is eternal.

In all their suffering, He suffered,

and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.

You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt and do so to this very day both in Israel and among mankind. You made a name for Yourself, as is the case today.

And I brought you from the land of Egypt
and led you 40 years in the wilderness
in order to possess the land of the Amorite.

Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from that place of slavery.
I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam ahead of you.

I will perform miracles for them
as in the days of your exodus
from the land of Egypt.