I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.
- KJV And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
- NKJV I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.
- NASB I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers.
- NLT And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.
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Quick answer
God recalls His covenant to give the patriarchs the land of Canaan, where they lived as sojourners. His ancient promise undergirds the coming deliverance.
Overview
God reminds Moses of the covenant established with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, pledging the land in which they had only sojourned. The exodus is thus not a new idea but the keeping of a long-standing promise. This continuity assures Israel that their rescue flows from God's faithfulness to His covenant word, the same faithfulness on which all gospel hope rests.
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- Gen 28:4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
- Gen 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Gen 17:7–8I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Gen 26:3Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- Gen 17:13Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
- Gen 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
- Gen 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Gen 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- Ps 105:12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
- Gen 15:13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- 2 Sam 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Gen 6:18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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