“When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:”
When you have begotten children and children's children, and have become old in the land, and shall act corruptly, and make a graven image in the likeness of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger; -- the long view (generations born in Canaan) anticipates future defection. Prosperity and security in the land breed forgetfulness. The subsequent generations will 'act corruptly'--not from ignorance but from willful deviation.
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