Deuteronomy 4:37
New International Version
Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,

New Living Translation
Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.

English Standard Version
And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,

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

King James Bible
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

New King James Version
And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,

New American Standard Bible
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

NASB 1995
“Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

NASB 1977
“Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

Legacy Standard Bible
Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

Amplified Bible
And because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants who followed them, and brought you from Egypt with His Presence, with His great and awesome power,

Christian Standard Bible
Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,

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

American Standard Version
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And in that He loved your parents, He chose their seed after them and he brought you out in His Person, in great power from Egypt;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Because he loved thy fathers, he also chose you their seed after them, and he brought thee himself with his great strength out of Egypt,

Contemporary English Version
The LORD loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the LORD used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them. And he brought thee out of Egypt, going before thee with his great power,

English Revised Version
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants, he was with you as he brought you out of Egypt by his great power.

Good News Translation
Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt.

International Standard Version
Moreover, he loved your ancestors, chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt, accompanied by his presence and great power,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And because He loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with His presence, with His great power, out of Egypt,

Literal Standard Version
And because that He has loved your fathers, He also fixes on their seed after them, and brings you out in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt,

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

New American Bible
For love of your ancestors he chose their descendants after them and by his presence and great power led you out of Egypt,

NET Bible
Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power

New Revised Standard Version
And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,

New Heart English Bible
Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their descendants after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

Webster's Bible Translation
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of Egypt in his sight with his mighty power.

World English Bible
Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

Young's Literal Translation
'And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:

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Context
The LORD Alone is God
36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire. 37Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, 38to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.…

Cross References
Exodus 33:14
And the LORD answered, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

Deuteronomy 7:7
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

Deuteronomy 23:5
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

Deuteronomy 33:3
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words--

Deuteronomy 33:12
Concerning Benjamin he said: "May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests."


Treasury of Scripture

And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

because

Deuteronomy 7:7-9
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: …

Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

and brought

Exodus 13:3,9,14
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten…

in his sight

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Psalm 32:8
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

with his

Deuteronomy 4:34
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Psalm 114:1-6
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; …

Psalm 136:10-15
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: …

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(37) Because he loved thy fathers.--The reasons for God's choice of Israel are frequently stated in this book; and they are always stated in such a way as to enforce the doctrine of God's sovereignty, and to show the Israelites that their own merit was in no way the ground of God's choice.

Verse 37. - And because he loved thy fathers (cf. Genesis 15:5-7; Exodus 13:15-17, etc.). Inasmuch as God had loved their fathers, the patriarchs, and had chosen them their descendants to be his people, and had delivered them out of Egypt, that he might establish them in the Promised Land, having driven out thence nations mightier than they, therefore were they to consider in their heart and acknowledge that Jehovah alone is God, and that in the wide universe there is no other. The apodosis in this sentence begins at ver. 39, and not, as in the Authorized Version, at "he chose," in ver. 37, nor at "brought thee," as some suggest. Because he loved thy fathers, and chose his [i.e. Abraham's] seed after him, and brought thee, etc., - for all this thou shalt keep his statutes, etc. In his sight; literally, in his face, i.e. in his presence, by himself present with them; with special reference to Exodus 33:14, where the same word is used as here. Onkelos has here "by his Word," and the rabbins explain it of "the angel of his presence, as it is said, Isaiah 63:9" (Bechai, fol. 194 b.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Because
וְתַ֗חַת (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

He loved
אָהַב֙ (’ā·haḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

your fathers,
אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ (’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

He chose
וַיִּבְחַ֥ר (way·yiḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

their descendants
בְּזַרְע֖וֹ (bə·zar·‘ōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

after them
אַחֲרָ֑יו (’a·ḥă·rāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

and brought you
וַיּוֹצִֽאֲךָ֧ (way·yō·w·ṣi·’ă·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

out of Egypt
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

by His presence
בְּפָנָ֛יו (bə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and great
הַגָּדֹ֖ל (hag·gā·ḏōl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

power,
בְּכֹח֥וֹ (bə·ḵō·ḥōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)


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