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.
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.
- BSB I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 28:4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
- Gen 15:18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Gen 17:7–8And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Gen 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Acts 7:5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Gen 17:13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Gen 23:4I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
- Gen 17:4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
- Gen 28:13And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Ps 105:12When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
- Gen 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- 2 Sam 23:5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
- Gen 6:18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
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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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