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18 He said, “I will give the land of Canaan to you,
    ·to belong to you [as the portion you will inherit].”

19 Then God’s people were few in number, very few,
    and they were strangers in the land.
20 They ·went [wandered] from one nation to another,
    from one kingdom to another.

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18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(A)
    as the portion you will inherit.”

19 When they were but few in number,(B)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 they[a] wandered(C) from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:20 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 105:12); most Hebrew manuscripts inherit, / 19 though you are but few in number, / few indeed, and strangers in it.” / 20 They