OET interlinear ACTs 13:17

uW Translation Notes:

ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραὴλ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Θεός τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραήλ ἐξελέξατο τούς πατέρας ἡμῶν καί τόν λαόν ὕψωσεν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καί μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς ἐξ αὐτῆς)

Alternate translation: [The God whom the people of Israel worship]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

ἡμῶν

˱of˲_us

See the discussion in the introduction to this chapter to decide whether to use an inclusive or exclusive form of the word our here and in verses 32 and 33.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τοὺς πατέρας

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Θεός τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραήλ ἐξελέξατο τούς πατέρας ἡμῶν καί τόν λαόν ὕψωσεν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καί μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς ἐξ αὐτῆς)

Paul is using the term fathers to mean “ancestors.” Alternate translation: [ancestors]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸν λαὸν ὕψωσεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Θεός τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραήλ ἐξελέξατο τούς πατέρας ἡμῶν καί τόν λαόν ὕψωσεν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καί μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς ἐξ αὐτῆς)

When Paul says that God exalted the people of Israel when they were in Egypt, he is referring to the way God made them great in number and strength even while they were still slaves. Alternate translation: [greatly enlarged their population]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

μετὰ βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὁ Θεός τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου Ἰσραήλ ἐξελέξατο τούς πατέρας ἡμῶν καί τόν λαόν ὕψωσεν ἐν τῇ παροικίᾳ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καί μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτούς ἐξ αὐτῆς)

Here, an uplifted arm describes God’s mighty power. Alternate translation: [with great power]