THEOSISWlastow G.K.
The Lord upholds the covenant and brings the promise to fruition, connecting this fulfillment to the revelation of Jehovah's name.
Exodus 6:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.
וְגַ֨ם הֲקִמֹ֤תִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתָּ֔ם לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֵ֛ת אֶ֥רֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־גָּ֥רוּ בָֽהּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 28:4And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather.
- Gen 15:18That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.
- Gen 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Gen 17:8And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.
- Gen 26:3And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.
- Acts 7:5And he gave him no inheritance in it: no, not the pace of a foot. But he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
- Isa 55:3Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
- Gen 23:4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.