Yosua 24:2-7

24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors ¹  lived beyond the Euphrates River, ²  including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped ³  other gods, 24:3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates ⁴  and brought him into ⁵  the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac, 24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, ⁶  while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 24:5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. ⁷  Then I brought you out. 24:6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 24:7 Your fathers ⁸  cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, ⁹  and then drowned them in the sea. ¹⁰  You witnessed with your very own eyes ¹¹  what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “your fathers.”

² tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Or “served.”

⁴ tn Heb “the river,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Or “through.”

⁶ tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”

⁷ tn Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”

⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).

⁹ tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”

¹¹ tn Heb “your eyes saw.”

¹² tn Heb “many days.”