^24:3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates⁴ and brought him into⁵ the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac, ^24:4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir,⁶ while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. ^24:5I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land.⁷ Then I brought you out. ^24:6When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. ^24:7Your fathers⁸ cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark,⁹ and then drowned them in the sea.¹⁰ You witnessed with your very own eyes¹¹ what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time.¹²^24:8Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered¹³ their land and I destroyed them from before you. ^24:9Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack¹⁴ against Israel. He summoned¹⁵ Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment¹⁶ on you. ^24:10I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept¹⁷ prophesying good things about¹⁸ you, and I rescued you from his power.¹⁹^24:11You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho.²⁰ The leaders²¹ of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you. ^24:12I sent terror²² ahead of you to drive out before you the two²³ Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.²⁴^24:13I gave you a land in²⁵ which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of²⁶ vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

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Footnotes

4 Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 Or “through.”
6 Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”
7 Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”
8 Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).
9 Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”
10 Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”
11 Heb “your eyes saw.”
12 Heb “many days.”
13 Or “took possession of.”
14 Heb “arose and fought.”
15 Heb “sent and called.”
16 Or “to curse.”
17 The infinitive absolute follows the finite verb in the Hebrew text and indicates continuation or repetition of the action. Balaam pronounced several oracles of blessing over Israel (see Num 23–24).
18 Heb “blessing.” Balaam’s “blessings” were actually prophecies of how God would prosper Israel.
19 Heb “hand.”
20 For location see ; ; ; ; ; .
21 Or perhaps, “citizens.”
22 Traditionally, “the hornet” (so , , , , ) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. “panic”).
23 The has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
24 Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.
25 Or perhaps, “for.”
26 The words “the produce of” are supplied for clarification.