Joshua 24:2-13 ▼

2 And Joshua (YHWH saves) said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God {YHWH Elohe} of Israel (he wrestles with God), says: ‘Long ago your⁺ fathers, including Terah (station) the father of Abraham (father of many) and Nahor (snorting), lived beyond the Euphrates \the River/ and worshiped other gods.

3 But I took your⁺ father Abraham (father of many) from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan (lowland), and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac (he laughs),

4 and to Isaac (he laughs) I gave Jacob (he grasps the heel) and Esau (hairy). I gave Esau Mount Seir (shaggy) to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt (land of bondage).

5 Then I sent Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer), and I afflicted the Egyptians (land of bondage) by what I did there, and afterward I brought you⁺ out.

6 When I brought your⁺ fathers out of Egypt (land of bondage) and you⁺ reached the Red Sea (the Sea of Reeds), the Egyptians (double straits) pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.

7 So your fathers cried out to the LORD {YHWH}, and He put darkness between you⁺ and the Egyptians (double straits), over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your⁺ very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians (land of bondage). Then you⁺ lived in the wilderness for a long time.

8 Later, I brought you⁺ to the land of the Amorites (sayers) who lived beyond the Jordan (flowing down). They fought against you⁺, but I delivered them into your⁺ hand, that you⁺ should possess their land when I destroyed them before you⁺.

9 Then Balak (devastator) son of Zippor (sparrow), the king of Moab (of his father), set out to fight against Israel (he wrestles with God). He sent for Balaam (not of the people) son of Beor (burning) to curse you⁺,

10 but I would not listen to Balaam (not of the people). So he blessed you⁺ again and again, and I delivered you⁺ from his hand.

11 After this, you⁺ crossed the Jordan (flowing down) and came to Jericho (city of palms). The people of Jericho fought against you⁺, as did the Amorites (sayers), Perizzites (villagers), Canaanites (merchants), Hittites, Girgashites (dwelling on clay), Hivites, and Jebusites (Jerusalemites), and I delivered them into your⁺ hand.

12 I sent the hornet ahead of you⁺, and it drove out the two Amorite (a sayer) kings before you⁺, but not by your own sword or bow.

13 So I gave you⁺ a land on which you did not toil and cities that you⁺ did not build, and now you⁺ live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you⁺ did not plant.’