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24 God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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24 God heard their groaning and he remembered(A) his covenant(B) with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

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Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants,[a] just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

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  1. 26:3 Hebrew seed; also in 26:4, 24.

Stay in this land for a while,(A) and I will be with you(B) and will bless you.(C) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(D) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(E)

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42 For he remembered his sacred promise
    to his servant Abraham.

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42 For he remembered his holy promise(A)
    given to his servant Abraham.

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You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.

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Moreover, I have heard the groaning(A) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.(B)

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45 He remembered his covenant with them
    and relented because of his unfailing love.

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45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(A)
    and out of his great love(B) he relented.(C)

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20     to hear the groans of the prisoners,
    to release those condemned to die.

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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(A)
    and release those condemned to death.”

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24 For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy.
    He has not turned his back on them,
    but has listened to their cries for help.

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24 For he has not despised(A) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;(B)
he has not hidden his face(C) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.(D)

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14 But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth. 15 (As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.) 16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”

17 After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. 18 So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt[a] to the great Euphrates River—

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  1. 15:18 Hebrew the river of Egypt, referring either to an eastern branch of the Nile River or to the Brook of Egypt in the Sinai (see Num 34:5).

14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(A) with great possessions.(B) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(C) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(D) 16 In the fourth generation(E) your descendants will come back here,(F) for the sin of the Amorites(G) has not yet reached its full measure.”

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(H) appeared and passed between the pieces.(I) 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(J) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(K) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(L) to the great river, the Euphrates(M)

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or river

72 He has been merciful to our ancestors
    by remembering his sacred covenant—
73 the covenant he swore with an oath
    to our ancestor Abraham.

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72 to show mercy to our ancestors(A)
    and to remember his holy covenant,(B)
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:(C)

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As soon as I pray, you answer me;
    you encourage me by giving me strength.

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When I called,(A) you answered me;(B)
    you greatly emboldened(C) me.

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24 where the Lord appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”

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24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham.(A) Do not be afraid,(B) for I am with you;(C) I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants(D) for the sake of my servant Abraham.”(E)

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you children of his servant Abraham,
    you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

He is the Lord our God.
    His justice is seen throughout the land.
He always stands by his covenant—
    the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
This is the covenant he made with Abraham
    and the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
    and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:
11 “I will give you the land of Canaan
    as your special possession.”

12 He said this when they were few in number,
    a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.
13 They wandered from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.

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you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,(A)
    his chosen(B) ones, the children of Jacob.
He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments are in all the earth.

He remembers his covenant(C) forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
the covenant he made with Abraham,(D)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it(E) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(F)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(G)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(H)

12 When they were but few in number,(I)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,(J)
13 they wandered from nation to nation,(K)
    from one kingdom to another.

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They cried out to you and were saved.
    They trusted in you and were never disgraced.

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To you they cried out(A) and were saved;
    in you they trusted(B) and were not put to shame.(C)

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