# to preserve you as a remnant in the earth "so that you and your families would not completely perish from the earth" or "to make sure your descendants would survive" # to keep you alive by a great deliverance The abstract noun "deliverance" can be stated as "rescuing." Alternate translation: "to keep you alive by rescuing you in a mighty way" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])