Genesis 17:8 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

KJV

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Everlasting possession - Here עולם olam appears to be used in its accommodated meaning, and signifies the completion of the Divine counsel in reference to a particular period or dispensation. And it is literally true that the Israelites possessed the land of Canaan till the Mosaic dispensation was terminated in the complete introduction of that of the Gospel.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What God is himself, that he will be to his people: his wisdom theirs, to guide and counsel them; his power theirs, to protect and support them; his goodness theirs, to supply and comfort them. What faithful worshippers can expect from the God they serve believers shall find in God as theirs. This is enough, yet not all.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will give unto thee . . . the land--It had been previously promised to Abraham and his posterity (Ge 15:18). Here it is promised as an "everlasting possession," and was, therefore, a type of heaven, "the better country" (Heb 11:16).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתִּ֣י	ve.na.ta.Ti	and I will give	H5414 →
לְ֠ךָ	Le.kha	to you
וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨	u.le.zar.'a.Kha	and to offspring your	H2233 →
אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ	'a.cha.Rei.kha	after you	H310 →
אֵ֣ת׀	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ	me.gu.Rei.kha	sojournings your	H4033 →
אֵ֚ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
כְּנַ֔עַן	ke.Na.'an	Canaan	H3667 →
לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת	la.'a.chu.Zat	to a possession of	H272 →
עוֹלָ֑ם	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
וְהָיִ֥יתִי	ve.ha.Yi.ti	and I will become	H1961 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃	le.lo.Him	<into> God	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
  What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and…
- Jeremiah 30:22
  “And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
- Jeremiah 7:23
  but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that…
- Exodus 6:7
  I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of…
Through
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.
leads to
- Genesis 13:15
  for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
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 independent paths from here.
- 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?
Through
Psalms 105:11
“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
leads to
- Genesis 15:18
  On 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—
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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