We have heard them and known them by what our ancestors have told us.
“Now my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood it.
Parents will tell their children what you have done. They will retell your mighty acts,
God, we have heard about you. Our ancestors told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
First we heard and now we have seen that God will always keep his city safe. It is the city of the Lord All-Powerful, the city of our God.Selah
I also did this so you could tell your children and your grandchildren how I was hard on the Egyptians. Tell them about the miracles I did among them so that all of you will know that I am the Lord.”
On that day you should tell your son: ‘We are having this feast because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.