²⁴ For I will ^(A)cast out nations before you and ^(B)enlarge your borders; ^(C)no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.

² I will send an ^(A)angel before you, ^(B)and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

^10 (A)for I am with you, and ^(B)no one will attack you to harm you, for ^(C)I have many in this city who are my people.”

²⁰ “When the Lord your God ^(A)enlarges your territory, ^(B)as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire.

¹⁰ Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm^[a] so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.

^8 (A)And if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, ^(B)as he has sworn to your fathers, and ^(C)gives you all the land that he promised to give to your fathers—

A Chosen People

7 “When the ^(A)Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, ^(B)the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations ^(C)more numerous and mightier than you,