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and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants who followed them, and brought you from Egypt with His Presence, with His great <i>and</i> awesome power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants, he was with you as he brought you out of Egypt by his great power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, he loved your ancestors, chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt, accompanied by his presence and great power, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> '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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For love of your ancestors he chose their descendants after them and by his presence and great power led you out of Egypt,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1491" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">The LORD Alone is God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">36</span>He 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. <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·haḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">He loved</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your fathers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: way·yiḇ·ḥar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">He chose</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: bə·zar·‘ōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">their descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yō·w·ṣi·’ă·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and brought you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">out of Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: bə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-b:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">by His presence</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏōl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">and great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: bə·ḵō·ḥōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">power,</a> </span><span class="reftext">38</span>to 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/33-14.htm">Exodus 33:14</a></span><br />And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Deuteronomy 10:15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10-12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">1 Kings 8:51-53</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-19.htm">Nehemiah 9:19-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-42.htm">Psalm 105:42-45</a></span><br />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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Hosea 11:1</a></span><br />When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2</a></span><br />“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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-15.htm">Matthew 2:15</a></span><br />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.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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;</p><p class="hdg">because</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-9</a></b></br> The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye <i>were</i> the fewest of all people: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-5.htm">Deuteronomy 9:5</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Deuteronomy 10:15</a></b></br> Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, <i>even</i> you above all people, as <i>it is</i> this day.</p><p class="hdg">and brought</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3,9,14</a></b></br> 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 <i>place</i>: there shall no leavened bread be eaten… </p><p class="hdg">in his sight</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm">2 Chronicles 16:9</a></b></br> For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of <i>them</i> whose heart <i>is</i> perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/32-8.htm">Psalm 32:8</a></b></br> I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/34-15.htm">Psalm 34:15</a></b></br> The eyes of the LORD <i>are</i> upon the righteous, and his ears <i>are open</i> unto their cry.</p><p class="hdg">with his</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34</a></b></br> Or hath God assayed to go <i>and</i> take him a nation from the midst of <i>another</i> 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/114-1.htm">Psalm 114:1-6</a></b></br> When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/136-10.htm">Psalm 136:10-15</a></b></br> To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy <i>endureth</i> for ever: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/numbers/6-26.htm">Countenance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-22.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/37-4.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/genesis/43-9.htm">Personally</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Power</a> <a href="/numbers/32-32.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/numbers/35-34.htm">Present</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-25.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/numbers/24-19.htm">Strength</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Chose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-50.htm">Countenance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-45.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-16.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-11.htm">Personally</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Power</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-38.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-3.htm">Present</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-15.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-18.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Strength</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-44.htm">Recapitulation</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Because He loved your fathers</b><br>This phrase highlights God's covenantal love for the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This love is rooted in the promises God made to them, which are foundational to Israel's identity. The love for the patriarchs is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, emphasizing God's faithfulness and the unmerited favor bestowed upon Israel. This love is not based on the merit of the patriarchs but on God's sovereign choice and grace, as seen in <a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a> and <a href="/romans/9-10.htm">Romans 9:10-13</a>.<p><b>He chose their descendants after them</b><br>God's choice of Israel as His people is a central theme in the Old Testament. This election is not based on the righteousness or size of the nation (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-8</a>) but on God's promise to the patriarchs. The concept of divine election is further explored in the New Testament, particularly in <a href="/romans/9.htm">Romans 9</a>, where Paul discusses God's sovereign choice in salvation history. This choice underscores the continuity of God's plan from the patriarchs to their descendants.<p><b>and brought you out of Egypt</b><br>The exodus from Egypt is a pivotal event in Israel's history, symbolizing deliverance and redemption. It is frequently referenced throughout the Bible as a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness (Exodus 12-14). The exodus serves as a type of Christ's redemptive work, where Jesus delivers believers from the bondage of sin, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a> and <a href="/hebrews/3-3.htm">Hebrews 3:3-6</a>. The historical and archaeological evidence of the exodus, while debated, is supported by the consistent biblical narrative and its significance in Jewish tradition.<p><b>by His presence and great power</b><br>God's presence with Israel is manifested through the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night during the exodus (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>). This presence signifies guidance, protection, and the assurance of God's covenant. The "great power" refers to the miraculous signs and wonders performed during the exodus, such as the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. These acts demonstrate God's supremacy over the gods of Egypt and His ability to fulfill His promises. In the New Testament, the presence of God is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is "God with us" (<a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Matthew 1:23</a>), and the Holy Spirit, who empowers and guides believers (<a href="/acts/1-8.htm">Acts 1:8</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, demonstrating His love and sovereign choice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fathers.htm">The Fathers (Patriarchs)</a></b><br>Refers to the patriarchs of Israel, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God loved and made covenants with.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/descendants.htm">Descendants (Israelites)</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, the descendants of the patriarchs, whom God brought out of Egypt.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The place of bondage from which God delivered the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exodus.htm">The Exodus</a></b><br>The event of God bringing the Israelites out of Egypt, showcasing His presence and power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_love.htm">God's Sovereign Love</a></b><br>God's love is the foundation of His actions. He chose the patriarchs and their descendants out of love, not because of their merit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_choice_and_promise.htm">Divine Choice and Promise</a></b><br>God's choice of Israel is rooted in His promises to the patriarchs. This highlights the faithfulness of God to His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_by_god's_power.htm">Deliverance by God's Power</a></b><br>The Exodus is a powerful demonstration of God's presence and power. It serves as a reminder of His ability to deliver His people from bondage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenantal_relationship.htm">Covenantal Relationship</a></b><br>The relationship between God and Israel is based on a covenant, which is initiated and sustained by God’s love and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_to_believers.htm">Application to Believers</a></b><br>Just as God chose Israel, believers are chosen in Christ. This should lead to a life of gratitude and obedience, recognizing God's love and power in our own deliverance from sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_teachings_events_in_matthew.htm">What are the key teachings and events in Matthew?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_genesis_15's_land_tie_to_abram.htm">How does Genesis 15’s concept of land inheritance reconcile with the lack of conclusive archaeological evidence for Abram’s personal journey? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_2_chr_25_4_align_with_ot_laws.htm">In 2 Chronicles 25:4, how can Amaziah's execution of his father's assassins yet sparing their children be reconciled with other Old Testament commands on punishment and inheritance of guilt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_brought_joseph_to_egypt.htm">Who brought Joseph to Egypt: the Ishmaelites who bought him (Genesis 37:28), the Midianites who sold him (Genesis 37:36), or his brothers who sold him (Genesis 45:4)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">Because he loved thy fathers.</span>--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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And because he loved thy fathers</span> (cf. <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5-7</a>; <a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Exodus 13:15-17</a>, 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. <span class="cmt_word">Because he loved thy fathers, and chose his</span> [<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. Abraham's] <span class="cmt_word">seed after him, and brought thee</span>, etc., - for all this <span class="accented">thou shalt keep his statutes</span>, etc. <span class="cmt_word">In his sight</span>; literally, <span class="accented">in his face</span>, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. in his presence, by himself present with them; with special reference to <a href="/exodus/33-14.htm">Exodus 33:14</a>, where the same word is used as here. Onkelos has here "by his <span class="accented">Word</span>," and the rabbins explain it of "the angel of his presence, as it is said, <a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a>" (Bechai, fol. 194 b.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Because</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתַ֗חַת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He loved</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהַב֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·haḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your fathers,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He chose</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּבְחַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiḇ·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּזַרְע֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·zar·‘ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after them</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and brought you</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּוֹצִֽאֲךָ֧</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·w·ṣi·’ă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out of Egypt</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by His presence</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּפָנָ֛יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·p̄ā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and great</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגָּדֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gā·ḏōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">power,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹח֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵō·ḥōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A small reptile (of unknown species)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Deuteronomy 4:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:37 Because he loved your fathers therefore he (Deut. 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