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1 Chronicles 16:19
1 Chronicles 16:19 is verse 19 of 1 Chronicles chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
King James Version
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
World English Bible
when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
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1 Chronicles 16:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’
19 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
21 He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.