God heard their moaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

神听见他们的哀声，就记念他与亚伯拉罕，以撒，雅各所立的约。

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And so it was a testament to the covenant between God and Israel.

因此它是用来见证以色列人与上帝之间所立的契约的。

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It is a work intended to ingratiate himself to Lorenzo de Medici, the man to whom the work is dedicated, a customary prince, a traditional prince who has just regained his power.

本书是针对,他迎合罗伦佐？梅迪西所写，后者即是本着作所要致献的人，一个按惯例策立的君王，一位传统的君王,且才刚重获权力。

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