Psalms 105:12 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

When they were only a small group of people; yes, very few in number, and foreigners in the land.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how God's people started as just a tiny group of outsiders in a foreign land.

📚 Historical Context

This psalm recounts God's faithfulness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when they were just a handful of nomadic families wandering in Canaan. At this time, they had no permanent home and were vastly outnumbered by the established peoples already living in the land that God had promised them.

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