Acts 13:17 “The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a…”

Acts 13:17

The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

American Standard Version

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

Geneva Bible 1599

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt in the land of Egypt, and with an high arme brought them out thereof.

Darby Translation

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,

Young's Literal Translation

the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

Bible in Basic English

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

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Cross references

“God”

Deuteronomy 7:6–8 Acts 7:2–53 Genesis 12:1–3 Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 9:5 Deuteronomy 14:2

Deuteronomy 7:6–8 · BSB

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

Acts 7:2–53 · BSB

And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

Genesis 12:1–3 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

Deuteronomy 4:37 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 9:5 · BSB

It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep t…

Deuteronomy 14:2 · BSB

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

“and exalted”

Exodus 1:7–9 Deuteronomy 10:22 Acts 7:17 Psalm 105:23 Psalm 105:24

Exodus 1:7–9 · BSB

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Deuteronomy 10:22 · BSB

Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Acts 7:17 · BSB

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

Psalm 105:23 · BSB

Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

Psalm 105:24 · BSB

And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

“and with”

Isaiah 63:9–14 Exodus 6:1–14 Exodus 15:1–21 Exodus 18:11 Deuteronomy 4:20 Deuteronomy 4:34

Isaiah 63:9–14 · BSB

In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Exodus 6:1–14 · BSB

But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

Exodus 15:1–21 · BSB

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

Exodus 18:11 · BSB

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

Deuteronomy 4:20 · BSB

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

Deuteronomy 4:34 · BSB

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before…

Also

Exodus 13:16 Exodus 13:14

Exodus 13:16 · BSB

So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

Exodus 13:14 · BSB

In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

18He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

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