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Genesis 17:7

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17:7 I will confirm 1  my covenant as a perpetual 2  covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 3 

1 tn The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).

2 tn Or “as an eternal.”

3 tn Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”



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