When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
When they went from one nation to another - and so from one danger to another; now in Egypt, now in Syria, now in Canaan, again among the Philistines. "They" - namely, the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with their families; not the Israelites in the wilderness and Canaan. Though few in numbers, and homeless wanderers, they were shielded by God from destruction, and at last, in the person of their seed, were settled in possession of Canaan.