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Genesis 17:8

The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 17:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger,—literally, of thy sojournings (; ; )—all the land of Canaan (vide ),—for an everlasting possession.

Literally, for a possession of eternity; i.e. the earthly Canaan should be retained by them so long as the arrangement then instituted should continue, provided always they complied with the conditions of the covenant; and the heavenly Canaan should be the inheritance of Abraham's spiritual children forever (vide ; ).

And I will be their God. Literally, to them for Elohim (vide supra).

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