Genesis 15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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Study Note
The Abrahamic covenant confirmed at the covenant ceremony of Genesis 15 specifies the geographical extent of the land promise: from the river of Egypt (either the Nile or the Wadi el-Arish) to the Euphrates, encompassing the territories of ten named peoples. The ritual of 'cutting' a covenant (Hebrew: karat berit) involved walking between divided animal halves, with the self-imprecation that the party who breaks the covenant should suffer the same fate. Significantly, only God — represented by the smoking fire pot and flaming torch — passes through the pieces while Abram sleeps, making the covenant unilaterally binding on God rather than conditioned on Abram's faithfulness. This unconditional structure distinguishes the Abrahamic covenant from the Sinaitic, a distinction exploited heavily in Pauline covenant theology.
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In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
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