Psalms 105:9
7 He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
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
- the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
- KJV
- Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
- WEB
- the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
- ASV
- [The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
- DARBY
- Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
- BLB
- that which He cut with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.
- ÅB
- den pakt han gjorde med Abraham, og sin ed til Isak;
- OTB
- Pakten som Han opprettet med Abraham,
Og Hans løfte til Isak. - B1930
- den pakt han gjorde med Abraham, og sin ed til Isak;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 17:2
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
Read in contextGenesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Read in contextGenesis 22:16–18
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
Read in contextHebrews 6:17
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
Read in contextGalatians 3:17
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
Read in contextActs 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
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.
Read in contextGenesis 35:11
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
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