Deuteronomy 4:37New American Bible - revised editionFor love of your ancestors he chose their descendants after them and by his presence and great power led you out of Egypt, See the chapter |
No, it is not because of your justice or the integrity of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land; but it is because of their wickedness that the Lord, your God, is dispossessing these nations before you and in order to fulfill the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.