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Genesis 17:8
New English Translation
Genesis 17:8
New English Translation
8 I will give the whole land of Canaan—the land where you are now residing[a]—to you and your descendants after you as a permanent[b] possession. I will be their God.”
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- Genesis 17:8 tn The verbal root is גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to reside temporarily,” i.e., as a resident foreigner). It is the land in which Abram resides, but does not yet possess as his very own.
- Genesis 17:8 tn Or “as an eternal.”
Genesis 17:8
New International Version
Genesis 17:8
New International Version
8 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)”
Genesis 17:8
King James Version
Genesis 17:8
King James Version
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
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Genesis 17:8
New King James Version
Genesis 17:8
New King James Version
8 Also (A)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (B)in[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (C)I will be their God.”
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- Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings
Genesis 17:8
English Standard Version
Genesis 17:8
English Standard Version
8 And (A)I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and (B)I will be their God.”
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