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18 “I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said.
    “It will be your own possession.”

19 God's people were few in number,
    strangers in the land of Canaan.
20 They wandered from country to country,
    from one kingdom to another.

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18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(A)
    as the portion you will inherit.”

19 When they were but few in number,(B)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 they[a] wandered(C) from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:20 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 105:12); most Hebrew manuscripts inherit, / 19 though you are but few in number, / few indeed, and strangers in it.” / 20 They