15. We must never forgethis agreement and his promises,not in thousands of years.
16-17. God made an eternal promiseto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
18. when he said, “I'll give youthe land of Canaan.”
19. At the time there wereonly a few of us,and we were homeless.
20. We wandered from nationto nation, from one countryto another.
21. God did not let anyoneill-treat our people.Instead he protected usby punishing rulers