They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD's commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses.(留下這幾族，為要試驗以色列人，知道他們肯聽從耶和華借摩西吩咐他們列祖的誡命不肯。)

As I walked along the river towards the ford, I thought about my forefathers.(我一邊沿著河邊朝淺灘走去，一邊想我的祖先們。)

It's the experience of our forefathers, however, it is correct in many cases even today.(它是我們前輩的經歷，但是，即使在今天，它在許多場合仍然適用。)

Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(你的列祖七十人下埃及。現在耶和華你的神使你如同天上的星那樣多。)

Not a man of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your forefathers(這惡世代的人，連一個也不得見我起誓應許賜給你們列祖的美地。)

If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your forefathers, and gives you the whole land he promised them.(耶和華你神若照他向你列祖所起的誓，擴張你的境界，將所應許賜你列祖的地全然給你。)

But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.(將我們從那里領出來，要領我們進入他向我們列祖起誓應許之地，把這地賜給我們。)

We are now engaged in a great and most glorious cause, never undertaken by our forefathers.(我們正在做我們的前人從來沒有做過的極其光榮偉大的事業。)

Next he appealed to tradition, to a Shared history with the phrase "our forefathers."(然后他回歸傳統，用“ourforefathers.”引出我們都知道的歷史。)

In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways.(神既在古時借著眾先知多次多方地曉諭列祖。)