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1 Chronicles 16:19

17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
KJV
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
WEB
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
ASV
When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
DARBY
When ye were a few men in number, Of small account, and strangers in it.
BLB
When you⁺ were few in number, indeed few, and sojourners in it,
ÅB
da dere var en liten flokk, få og fremmede der.
OTB
Da dere var få i antall,
Svært få, og fremmede i det,
B1930
da I var en liten flokk, få og fremmede der.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:7

    The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

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  • Genesis 34:30

    And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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  • Hebrews 11:13

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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  • Acts 7:5

    And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

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