Acts of the Apostles

Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt , and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

For about the time of forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.

After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.