Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 4:37
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses speaks to the Israelites assembled at the plains of Moab, reviewing the Exodus and Sinai events as they prepare to enter Canaan.
The words — אָהַב ('a.Hav) means "he loved," and וַ/יִּבְחַ֥ר (va/i.yiv.Char) means "and he chose," establishing a direct causal link between divine affection and national election.
The thread — The same pattern of God's love for the fathers and choice of their descendants appears in Deuteronomy 10:15, while the deliverance from Egypt is reiterated in Exodus 13:3.
Why it lands — The text asserts that Israel's exit from slavery and subsequent inheritance are grounded in God's prior choice, requiring the reader to acknowledge that covenant blessings follow divine initiative rather than human merit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 10:15 Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- Exodus 13:3 So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:9 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Exodus 33:14 And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 63:11 Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
- Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.