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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)”
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