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Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
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God's Sovereign Choice
Commentators stress that despite God's ownership of the entire universe, He set His special, affectionate "delight" specifically on Israel's forefathers. This choice was an act of God's sovereign will and love, not a response to any inherent quality in them, establishing a unique relationship out of all the peoples on earth.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Only. —The whole world belongs to Jehovah, and yet He chose your fathers above all people.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Only the Lord had a delight in your fathers to love them Though the heavens and the earth, and all the inhabitants o…
Presbyterian
We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him and delight in communion wi…
