Du sahst, dass er dir treu war, und hast einen Bund mit ihm geschlossen. Du versprachst, seinen Nachkommen eine Heimat zu geben: das Land der Kanaaniter und Hetiter, der Amoriter und Perisiter, der Jebusiter und Girgaschiter. Du hast dein Wort gehalten, denn du bist zuverlässig und gerecht!

Als unsere Vorfahren in Ägypten unterdrückt wurden, hast du dich über sie erbarmt. Am Schilfmeer schrien sie um Hilfe, und du hast sie erhört.

10 Der Pharao, seine obersten Beamten und sein Volk haben unsere Vorfahren verspottet und gedemütigt. Doch du hast ihnen Einhalt geboten mit großen Wundern und mit Zeichen deiner Macht. So hast du deinen Namen in aller Welt bekannt gemacht, noch heute spricht man von deinen Taten.

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You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites.(A) You have kept your promise(B) because you are righteous.(C)

“You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;(D) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.[a](E) 10 You sent signs(F) and wonders(G) against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name(H) for yourself,(I) which remains to this day.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds

You found his heart (A)faithful before You,
And made a (B)covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
The Hittites, the Amorites,
The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
And the Girgashites—
To give it to his descendants.
You (C)have performed Your words,
For You are righteous.

“You(D) saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,
And (E)heard their cry by the Red Sea.
10 You (F)showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
Against all his servants,
And against all the people of his land.
For You knew that they (G)acted [a]proudly against them.
So You (H)made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:10 presumptuously or insolently

(A)You found his heart faithful before you, (B)and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring (C)the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. (D)And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.

(E)“And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard (F)their cry at the Red Sea, 10 (G)and performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you knew that (H)they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And (I)you made a name for yourself, as it is to this day.

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