17:7 This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of 1 Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped 2 other gods;
1 tn Heb “and from under the hand of.” The words “freed them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “feared.”