1 Chronicles 16:17

¹⁵ Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

¹⁶ Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹⁸ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

¹⁹ When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
KJV: And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
WEB: He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
ASV: And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
DARBY: And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, Unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
BLB: And He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel [as] an everlasting covenant,

ÅB: Han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,
OTB: Han bekreftet det også for Jakob som en forskrift,
For Israel som en evig pakt,
B1930: Han stadfestet den som en rett for Jakob, som en evig pakt for Israel,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 35:11–12
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
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Genesis 17:7–8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
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Psalms 78:10
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
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Jeremiah 11:2
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
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Joshua 24:11–13
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
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Exodus 3:17
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
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