Acts 13:17-19

13:17 The God of this people Israel ¹  chose our ancestors ²  and made the people great ³  during their stay as foreigners ⁴  in the country ⁵  of Egypt, and with uplifted arm ⁶  he led them out of it. 13:18 For ⁷  a period of about forty years he put up with ⁸  them in the wilderness. ⁹  13:19 After ¹⁰  he had destroyed ¹¹  seven nations ¹²  in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance. ¹³ 

[13:17]  ¹ tn Or “people of Israel.”

[13:17]  ² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

[13:17]  ³ tn That is, in both numbers and in power. The implication of greatness in both numbers and in power is found in BDAG 1046 s.v. ὑψόω 2.

[13:17]  ⁴ tn Or “as resident aliens.”

[13:17]  ⁵ tn Or “land.”

[13:17]  ⁶ sn Here uplifted arm is a metaphor for God’s power by which he delivered the Israelites from Egypt. See Exod 6:1, 6; 32:11; Deut 3:24; 4:34; Ps 136:11-12.

[13:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “And for.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[13:18]  ⁸ tn For this verb, see BDAG 1017 s.v. τροποφορέω (cf. also Deut 1:31; Exod 16:35; Num 14:34).

[13:18]  ⁹ tn Or “desert.”

[13:19]  ¹³ tn Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[13:19]  ¹⁴ tn The participle καθελών (kaqelwn) is taken temporally.

[13:19]  ¹⁵ sn Seven nations. See Deut 7:1.

[13:19]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he gave their land as an inheritance.” The words “his people” are supplied to complete an ellipsis specifying the recipients of the land.