Deuteronomy 7:8

Rather it is because of his ¹  love ²  for you and his faithfulness to the promise ³  he solemnly vowed ⁴  to your ancestors ⁵  that the Lord brought you out with great power, ⁶  redeeming ⁷  you from the place of slavery, from the power ⁸  of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Ge 22:16-18; Ex 12:41,42; Ex 13:3,14; Ex 20:2; Ex 32:13; De 4:20,34; De 4:37; De 9:4,5; De 10:15; 1Sa 12:22; 2Sa 22:20; Ps 44:3; Ps 105:8-10,42; Isa 43:4; Jer 31:3; Zep 3:17; Mt 11:26; Lu 1:55,72,73; Eph 2:4,5; 2Th 2:13,14; Tit 3:3-7; Heb 6:13-17; 1Jo 4:19

¹ tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on “He” in 7:6.

² tn For the verb אָהַב (’ahav, “to love”) as a term of choice or election, see note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.

³ tn Heb “oath.” This is a reference to the promises of the so-called “Abrahamic Covenant” (cf. Gen 15:13-16).

⁴ tn Heb “swore on oath.”

⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 12, 13).

⁶ tn Heb “by a strong hand” (NAB similar); NLT “with such amazing power.”

⁷ sn Redeeming you from the place of slavery. The Hebrew verb translated “redeeming” (from the root פָּדָה, padah) has the idea of redemption by the payment of a ransom. The initial symbol of this was the Passover lamb, offered by Israel to the Lord as ransom in exchange for deliverance from bondage and death (Exod 12:1-14). Later, the firstborn sons of Israel, represented by the Levites, became the ransom (Num 3:11-13). These were all types of the redemption effected by the death of Christ who described his atoning work as “a ransom for many” (Matt 20:28; cf. 1 Pet 1:18).

⁸ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NRSV), a metaphor for power or domination.