Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fathers. God chooses his people for obedience, not for kindred (St. Jerome) (Worthington)