Genesis 15:18
16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- KJV
- In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- WEB
- In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- ASV
- In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- DARBY
- On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
- BLB
- On that day YHWH cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,
- ÅB
- Den dag gjorde Herren en pakt med Abram og sa: Jeg gir dette landet til dine etterkommere, helt fra Egypts elv til den store elven, Frat,
- OTB
- Den dagen gjorde Herren en pakt med Abram og sa: «Til dine etterkommere har jeg gitt dette landet, fra elven i Egypt til den store elven, Eufrat—
- B1930
- Den dag gjorde Herren en pakt med Abram og sa: Din ætt gir jeg dette land, fra Egyptens elv like til den store elv, elven Frat,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 1:3–4
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
Read in contextGenesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Read in contextGenesis 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
Read in contextGenesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
Read in contextNumbers 34:2–3
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
Read in contextNumbers 34:5
where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:8
You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
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