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Deuteronomy 7:7-9

7Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068did not set his loveחָשַׁ֧קcha.ShakH2836upon you, nor chooseוַיִּבְחַ֣רvai.yiv.CharH977you, because ye were moreH7230in number than any peopleהָֽעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.MimH5971; for ye werethe fewestהַמְעַ֖טham.'AtH4592of all peopleהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971:

8But because Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068lovedמֵֽאַהֲבַ֨תme.'a.ha.VatH160you, and because he would keepוּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּu.mi.sha.me.RoH8104the oathהַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ha.she.vu.'AhH7621which he had swornנִשְׁבַּע֙nish.Ba'H7650unto your fathersלַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םla.'a.Vo.tei.KhemH1,hath Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068brought you outהוֹצִ֧יאho.Tzi'H3318with a mightyחֲזָקָ֑הcha.za.KahH2389handבְּיָ֣דbe.YadH3027,and redeemedוַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙vai.yif.de.KhaH6299you out of the houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004of bondmenעֲבָדִ֔ים'a.va.DimH5650,from the handמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027of Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֥הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

9Knowוְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ve.Ya.da'.taH3045therefore that Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, he isGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,the faithfulהַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ןha.ne.'e.ManH539Godהָאֵל֙ha.'ElH410,which keepethשֹׁמֵ֧רsho.MerH8104covenantהַבְּרִ֣יתha.be.RitH1285and mercyוְהַחֶ֗סֶדve.ha.Che.sedH2617with them that loveלְאֹהֲבָ֛יוle.'o.ha.VavH157him and keepוּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יu.le.sho.me.ReiH8104his commandmentsמִצְוֹתָ֖יוmitz.vo.tovH4687to a thousandלְאֶ֥לֶףle.'E.lefH505generationsדּֽוֹר׃DorH1755;

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