"When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. {few, even: Heb. men of number, etc}" — 1 Chronicles 16:19

1 Chronicles 16:19 · KJV

“When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. {few, even: Heb. men of number, etc}”

— 1 Chronicles 16:19

Verse 18

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {the lot: Heb. the cord}

Verse 20

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

1 Chronicles 16 — Context

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

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {the lot: Heb. the cord}

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. {few, even: Heb. men of number, etc}

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

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

Cross References

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.

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:

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. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}

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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