“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.”
Parallel translations
- WEB saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,”
- KJV Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
- BSB ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’
- NKJV Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,”
- NASB Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance.”
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Quick answer
God promised to give the land of Canaan as Israel's inheritance. The covenant included a concrete gift of land and home.
Overview
At the heart of the patriarchal promise was the gift of Canaan as Israel's allotted inheritance. The land represented God's faithfulness and a place of rest and security for His people. This earthly inheritance foreshadows the greater inheritance promised in Christ, a heavenly homeland that cannot be shaken.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Gen 13:15for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
- Deut 32:8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Num 26:53–56“To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
- Gen 28:13–14Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring.
- Gen 35:11–12God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.
- Gen 12:7Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
- Gen 17:8I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
- Mic 2:5Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly.
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