Deuteronomy 4:37New English TranslationMoreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power See the chapter |
It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.