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;

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.

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,

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,

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 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;
Literal Translations
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,

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:

Smith's Literal Translation
And because that he loved thy fathers he will choose in his seed after him, and he will bring thee out before him with his great strength from Egypt.
Catholic Translations
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,

Catholic Public Domain Version
For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his 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,

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,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt with his own person, with a mighty power;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
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;
OT Translations
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,

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,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



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
Genesis 12:1-3
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. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

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

Exodus 34:6-7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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. / 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 32:10-12
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. / As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions. / The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

1 Kings 8:51-53
For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron. / May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You. / For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

Nehemiah 9:19-21
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go. / You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Psalm 105:42-45
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. / He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. / He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, ...

Isaiah 63:9
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.

Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Malachi 1:2
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

Matthew 2:15
where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”


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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Because He loved your fathers
The phrase "Because He loved your fathers" underscores the covenantal love God had for the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Hebrew word for "loved" is "אָהֵב" (ahav), which conveys a deep, enduring affection and commitment. This love is not based on the merit of the patriarchs but on God's sovereign choice and grace. Historically, this reflects the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised to bless Abraham's descendants, a promise that is foundational to Israel's identity and history.

He chose their descendants after them
The word "chose" in Hebrew is "בָּחַר" (bachar), indicating a deliberate and sovereign selection. This choice is an act of divine election, emphasizing that Israel's status as God's people is not due to their own righteousness but because of God's gracious decision. The descendants, the Israelites, are thus part of a divine plan that extends beyond human understanding, rooted in God's faithfulness to His promises.

and brought you out of Egypt
This phrase recalls the Exodus, a pivotal event in Israel's history where God delivered His people from slavery. The Hebrew term for "brought out" is "יָצָא" (yatsa), which implies a powerful act of deliverance. The Exodus is a central theme in the Old Testament, symbolizing salvation and God's ability to redeem His people. Archaeologically, while direct evidence of the Exodus is debated, the event is deeply embedded in Israel's collective memory and identity.

by His Presence
The "Presence" of God, or "פָּנִים" (panim) in Hebrew, signifies God's personal involvement and guidance. This is not a distant or abstract force but a tangible, relational presence that led Israel through the wilderness. The presence of God was manifested in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, signifying His constant guidance and protection.

and great power
The phrase "great power" highlights the miraculous and mighty acts God performed during the Exodus. The Hebrew word for "power" is "כֹּחַ" (koach), which denotes strength and might. This power was demonstrated through the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and the provision in the wilderness. It serves as a reminder of God's omnipotence and His ability to fulfill His promises against all odds.

(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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