When they were few in number, Indeed very few, and strangers in 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 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 few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within 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 troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;

By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

“ I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God:‘ My father was a Syrian, about to perish, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.

“ Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying,‘ Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’“ Therefore say to them,‘ Thus says the Lord God:“ You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you defile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?”’“ Say thus to them,‘ Thus says the Lord God:“ As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’“ As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother,‘ Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them.And when this comes to pass— surely it will come— then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him.”

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude— innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”