“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore 4 to the descendants 5 of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore 6 to them, “I am the Lord your God.”
1 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
2 sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.
3 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
4 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
5 tn Heb “seed.”
6 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”