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Then I took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the Euphrates[a] River and led him through the entire land of Canaan. I multiplied his descendants, and gave him his son[b] Isaac. I gave Jacob and Esau to Isaac. And I gave Mount Seir[c] to Esau as his possession, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

‘Later I commissioned Moses and Aaron, and I inflicted plagues on Egypt by what I did among them. Afterwards, I brought all of you[d] out.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 24:3 The Heb. lacks Euphrates
  2. Joshua 24:3 The Heb. lacks his son
  3. Joshua 24:4 This mountain, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.
  4. Joshua 24:5 Lit. brought you (pl.)

But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan(A) and gave him many descendants.(B) I gave him Isaac,(C) and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.(D) I assigned the hill country of Seir(E) to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.(F)

“‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron,(G) and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and I brought you out.(H)

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