1 Chronicles 16:18
in 1 Chronicles 16‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Saying, Unto thee will I give 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;
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 16
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the covenant He made with Abraham
on 1 Chronicles 16:16-18
The covenant runs through three names: Abraham, Isaac by “the oath He swore”, and Jacob by confirmation. It promises “the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance” while Israel was still a handful of strangers in it. The wording follows Ps 105:9-11 almost word for word.
This site's exposition
the land of Canaan as
The covenant promises the land of Canaan to Israel. The portion is the measured share each heir receives. Adam Clarke notes that God guarded Abraham and Jacob as they moved about, the story verses 19 to 22 go on to tell.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Pharaoh was so, and Abimelech. They were the anointed of the Lord, sanctified by his grace, sanctified by his glory, and had received the unction of the Spirit. They were his prophets, instructed in the things of God themselves and commissioned to instruct others (and prophets are said to be anointed, 1 Kings xix.
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The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְךָ֙ | lekha | to you | ||
| אֶתֵּ֣ן | ʾeten | I will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶֽרֶץ־ | ʾeretz- | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנָ֔עַן | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
| חֶ֖בֶל | chevel | [the] portion of | H2256 → | |
| נַחֲלַתְכֶֽם׃ | nachalatkhem | inheritance your | H5159 → |
לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
לְךָ֙to you
lekha
אֶתֵּ֣ןI will give
ʾetenH5414 →2011 times
אֶֽרֶץ־[the] land of
ʾeretz-H776 →2504 times
כְּנָ֔עַןCanaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
חֶ֖בֶל[the] portion of
chevelH2256 →
נַחֲלַתְכֶֽם׃inheritance your
nachalatkhemH5159 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
it leads to
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
- Psalms 105:11
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
- Genesis 12:7
Through
Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
it leads to
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 13:15
Through
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
it leads to
- Acts 17:26
From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Acts 17:26
Through
Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 20:7
Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
- 2 Chronicles 20:7
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
