Genesis 15:18
ContextNETBible | That day the Lord made a covenant 1 with Abram: “To your descendants I give 2 this land, from the river of Egypt 3 to the great river, the Euphrates River – |
XREF | Ge 2:14; Ge 9:8-17; Ge 12:7; Ge 13:15; Ge 17:1-27; Ge 17:8; Ge 24:7; Ge 26:4; Ge 28:4,13,14; Ge 35:12; Ge 50:24; Ex 3:8; Ex 6:4; Ex 23:23; Ex 23:27-31; Ex 34:11; Nu 34:3; Nu 34:5; De 1:7,8; De 7:1; De 11:24; De 34:4; Jos 1:3,4; Jos 12:1-20; Jos 15:4; Jos 19:1-38; 2Sa 8:3; 2Sa 23:5; 1Ki 4:21; 1Ch 5:9; 2Ch 9:26; Ne 9:8; Ps 105:11; Isa 27:12; Isa 55:3; Jer 31:31-34; Jer 32:40; Jer 33:20-26; Ga 3:15-17; Heb 13:20 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “cut a covenant.” 2 tn The perfect verbal form is understood as instantaneous (“I here and now give”). Another option is to understand it as rhetorical, indicating certitude (“I have given” meaning it is as good as done, i.e., “I will surely give”). sn To your descendants I give this land. The 3 sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile. |