16. Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
17. The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it.
18. For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
19. When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance-all of which took about four hundred and fifty years.
20. After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.