Then Adonai appeared to Abram, and said, “I will give this land to your seed.” So there he built an altar to Adonai, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:17 - Tree of Life Version Get up! Walk about the land through its length and width—for I will give it to you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you. American Standard Version (1901) Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. Common English Bible Stand up and walk around through the length and breadth of the land because I am giving it to you.” Catholic Public Domain Version Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee. |
Then Adonai appeared to Abram, and said, “I will give this land to your seed.” So there he built an altar to Adonai, who had appeared to him.
For all the land that you are looking at, I will give to you and to your seed forever.
Then He said to him, “I am Adonai who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans, in order to give you this land to inherit it.”
I will give to you and to your seed after you the land where you are an outsider —the whole land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.”
Surprisingly, Adonai was standing on top of it and He said, “I am Adonai, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your seed.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m about to die. But God will surely take notice of you and will bring you up from this land to the land that He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Yet Adonai was gracious to them, had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So He was not willing to destroy them or cast them from His presence up to now.