When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

当时，他们人丁有限，数目稀少，并且在那地为寄居的。

当时，他们人丁有限，数目稀少，在那地寄居。

当时，他们人丁有限，数目稀少，在那地寄居。

那时他们人丁稀少，在当地寄居。

那时，他们人数不多，实在很少，而且是在那地寄居的。

那时他们人数稀少，实在很少，在那地是寄居的；

當時，他們人丁有限，數目稀少，並且在那地為寄居的。

當時，他們人丁有限，數目稀少，在那地寄居。

當時，他們人丁有限，數目稀少，在那地寄居。

那時他們人丁稀少，在當地寄居。

那時，他們人數不多，實在很少，而且是在那地寄居的。

當時他們人數有限，實在很少，又是在那地做寄居者；

那時他們人數稀少，實在很少，在那地是寄居的；

當時人寡、其數無幾、旅於斯土兮、

當時人寡、其數無幾、為旅於斯土兮、

當時彼尚人寡、其數無幾、在斯地寄居為旅、

當彼時。人可數。在迦南。如客旅。

When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,

At first there weren’t very many of God’s people. There were only a few, and they were strangers in the land.

When they were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it,

He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

When they were few in number, very few indeed, and resident aliens in Canaan,

When they were only a few people in number, Very few, and strangers in it.

When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in it.

When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.

When they were few in number, very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan,

When they were[ but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“ You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land– among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!”

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

“ I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead.”

Then you must affirm before the LORD YOUR GOD,“ A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

“ Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying,‘ Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’Therefore say to them,‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land?You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’“ This is what you must say to them,‘ This is what the sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.Then they will know that I am the LORD when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’“ But as for you, son of man, your people( who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another,‘ Come hear the word that comes from the LORD.’They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.When all this comes true– and it certainly will– then they will know that a prophet was among them.”

Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.

So in fact children were fathered by one man– and this one as good as dead– like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.

I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”