Joshua 24:6 (ASV)

Passage

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea.

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

Joshua 24:5 And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof: and afterward I brought you out.

Joshua 24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea.

Joshua 24:7 And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

Joshua 24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brought", "fathers", "egypt", "came", "egyptians", "pursued", and "after". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brought" and "fathers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And I sent Moses and Aaron and..." into verse 7's "And when they cried out unto Jehovah...", so "brought" and "fathers" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "brought" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.