Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different tone.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Because he loved your fathers. —The reasons for God’s choice of Israel are frequently stated in this book; and they are a…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And because he loved. These words admit of two meanings; for the copulative conjunction stands at the beginning of the verse—“And beca…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And because he loved your fathers
Not their immediate fathers, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness, and entered n…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Moses urged the greatne , glory, and goodne of God. If we considered what a God he is with whom we have to do, we would surely be conscientious abo…

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