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Genesis 15:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘I give this land to your offspring,  from the Brook of Egypt  to the great river, the River Euphrates:

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The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring  , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.


The Lord, the God of heaven,  who took me from my father’s house and from my native land,  who spoke to me and swore to me, “I will give this land to your offspring”  ,  #– #he will send his angel before you,  and you can take a wife for my son from there.


for I will give you and your offspring  for ever all the land that you see.


On that day the Lord will thresh corn from the River Euphrates as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.


You found his heart faithful in your sight, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites – to give it to his descendants. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.


Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours.  Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the River Euphrates  to the Mediterranean Sea.


The border will turn from Azmon  to the Brook of Egypt,  where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.


Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus #– #the great Shepherd of the sheep   #– #through the blood of the everlasting covenant,


‘I will make a permanent covenant with them:  I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they will never again turn away from me.


He ruled over all the kings from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.


The Lord then said to him, ‘This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “I will give it to your descendants.”  I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.’


For my angel will go before you and bring you to the land of the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.


I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed  by your offspring,


Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.  They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.


It proceeded to Azmon and to the Brook of Egypt  and so the border ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This is your  southern border.


‘When the Lord your God brings you into the land  you are entering to possess,  and he drives out many nations before you #– #the Hethites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations  more numerous and powerful than you   #– #


Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die,  but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham,  Isaac,  and Jacob.’


I will give to you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac.  And I will give the land to your future descendants.’


May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham  so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’


Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites,  and Jebusites.


I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners.


and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey   #– #the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.


They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the River Euphrates, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.


Is it not true my house is with God? For he has established a permanent covenant  with me, ordered and secured in every detail. Will he not bring about my whole salvation and my every desire?


The name of the third river is Tigris,  which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.


Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.  ,


David also defeated Hadadezer  son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the River Euphrates.


He didn’t give him an inheritance in it #– #not even a foot of ground #– #but he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him,  even though he was childless.


say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, ‘Release the four angels  bound at the great river Euphrates.’


I will bring you to the land that I swore  , to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’


‘When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,


Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel #– #you swore to them by yourself  and declared, “I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it for ever.” ’


‘When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as he has promised you,  and you say, “I want to eat meat” because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.


If the Lord your God enlarges your territory as he swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land he promised to give them #– #


So Solomon and all Israel with him #– #a very great assembly, from the entrance to Hamath  to the Brook of Egypt #– #observed the festival at that time for seven days.


As for all the peoples who remained of the Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not from Israel   #– #


Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the River Euphrates, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.


God heard their groaning, and God remembered  his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.


For I will drive out nations  before you and enlarge your territory.  No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.


then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will also remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.


For their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I am the Lord.’


from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory) #– #the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites


King Hiram of Tyre  sent his emissaries to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place,  for Hiram had always been friends with David.


the covenant he made with Abraham, swore  to Isaac,


You gave them this land which you swore to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.





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