7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob
and extend your loyal love to Abraham, 1
which you promised on oath to our ancestors 2
in ancient times. 3
1 tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.
2 tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.
3 tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”