8. He will keep his covenant forever. He will keep his promise for all time to come.
9. He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the oath he took when he made his promise to Isaac.
10. He made it stand as a law for Jacob. He made it stand as a covenant for Israel. It will last forever.
11. He said, "I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you."
12. At first there weren't very many of God's people. There were only a few. And they were strangers in the land.
13. They wandered from nation to nation. They wandered from one kingdom to another.
14. But God didn't allow anyone to beat them down. To keep them safe, he gave a command to kings.
15. He said to them, "Do not touch my anointed ones. Do not harm my prophets."
16. He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.
17. He sent a man ahead of them into Egypt. That man was Joseph. He had been sold as a slave.