“But the LORD was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and favored them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them and he didn’t cast them from his presence as yet.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.