Joshua 24:7

Your fathers ¹  cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, ²  and then drowned them in the sea. ³  You witnessed with your very own eyes ⁴  what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. ⁵ 

Ex 14:10; Ex 14:20; Ex 14:27,28; Ex 14:31; Nu 14:33,34; De 4:34; De 29:2; Jos 5:6; Ne 9:12-21; Ps 95:9,10; Ac 13:17,18; Heb 3:17

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).

² tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”

³ tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”

⁴ tn Heb “your eyes saw.”

⁵ tn Heb “many days.”