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And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”

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The whole land of Canaan,(A) where you now reside as a foreigner,(B) I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;(C) and I will be their God.(D)

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12 I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.

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12 I will walk(A) among you and be your God,(B) and you will be my people.(C)

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Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[a]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:7 Hebrew seed.

11 “I will give you the land of Canaan
    as your special possession.”

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11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(A)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(B)

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13 By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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13 to confirm you this day as his people,(A) that he may be your God(B) as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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I will claim you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God who has freed you from your oppression in Egypt.

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I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(A) Then you will know(B) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

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15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[a] as a permanent possession.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:15 Hebrew seed; also in 13:16.

15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring[a] forever.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 13:15 Or seed; also in verse 16

This is the covenant he made with Abraham
    and the oath he swore to Isaac.

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the covenant he made with Abraham,(A)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.

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18 The Lord has declared today that you are his people, his own special treasure, just as he promised, and that you must obey all his commands.

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18 And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession(A) as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands.

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You have been set apart as holy to the Lord your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.

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for you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.(C)

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May God pass on to you and your descendants[a] the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”

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Footnotes

  1. 28:4 Hebrew seed; also in 28:13, 14.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(A) so that you may take possession of the land(B) where you now reside as a foreigner,(C) the land God gave to Abraham.”

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17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”

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17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land,(A) for I am giving it to you.”(B)

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“Is it not my family God has chosen?
    Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me.
His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail.
    He will ensure my safety and success.

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“If my house were not right with God,
    surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,(A)
    arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
    and grant me my every desire.

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