Leviticus 26:42
in Leviticus 26then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
KJV
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
I will remember my covenant - So as to make good all that I have promised in it. For words of knowledge or remembrance in scripture, commonly denote affection and kindness.
Then i will also remember my covenant with Jacob,....
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזָכַרְתִּ֖י | vezakharti | and I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֣י | beriti | covenant of my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יַעֲק֑וֹב | yaakov | Jacob | H3290 → | |
| וְאַף֩ | veaf | and also | H637 → | 134 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֨י | beriti | covenant of my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יִצְחָ֜ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | |
| וְאַ֨ף | veaf | and also | H637 → | 134 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּרִיתִ֧י | beriti | covenant of my | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֛ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | |
| אֶזְכֹּ֖ר | ʾezkor | I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
| וְהָאָ֥רֶץ | vehaaretz | and the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶזְכֹּֽר׃ | ʾezkor | I will remember | H2142 → | 230 times |
וְזָכַרְתִּ֖יand I will remember
vezakhartiH2142 →230 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֣יcovenant of my
beritiH1285 →284 times
יַעֲק֑וֹבJacob
yaakovH3290 →
וְאַף֩and also
veafH637 →134 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֨יcovenant of my
beritiH1285 →284 times
יִצְחָ֜קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →
וְאַ֨ףand also
veafH637 →134 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּרִיתִ֧יcovenant of my
beritiH1285 →284 times
אַבְרָהָ֛םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →
אֶזְכֹּ֖רI will remember
ʾezkorH2142 →230 times
וְהָאָ֥רֶץand the land
vehaaretzH776 →2504 times
אֶזְכֹּֽר׃I will remember
ʾezkorH2142 →230 times
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
Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
it leads to
- Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- Psalms 105:42
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
- Exodus 6:5
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
- Genesis 15:14–18
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
- Psalms 22:24
For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
- Genesis 26:3
Through
Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
it leads to
- Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 1:48
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
- Isaiah 63:9
Through
Exodus 6:5Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
it leads to
- Exodus 2:24
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Exodus 2:24
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus

Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PersonPatriarchsIsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.
- PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.
