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

33 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath(A) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’(B)

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the covenant he made with Abraham,(A)
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it(B) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(C)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(D)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(E)

12 When they were but few in number,(F)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,(G)

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He gave him no inheritance here,(A) not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land,(B) even though at that time Abraham had no child.

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16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed.(A) Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a](B) meaning one person, who is Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:16 Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 24:7

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