6 you offspring of Abraham his servant,

Jacob’s descendants—his chosen ones.b

7 He is the Lord our God;

his judgments govern the whole earth.c

8 He remembers his covenant forever,

the promise he ordained

for a thousand generationsd—

9 the covenant he made with Abraham,

sworeB to Isaac,e

10 and confirmed to Jacob as a decree

and to Israel as a permanent covenant:f

11 “I will give the land of Canaan to you

as your inherited portion.”g

12 When they were few in number,

very few indeed,

and resident aliens in Canaan,h