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Genesis 15:18 KJV
Genesis · chapter 15 · verse 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:Genesis 15:18 · King James Version
Genesis 15:18 in context
16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18In 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:
19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
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Key words (Strong's)
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- AbramʼAbrâmAbram, the original name of AbrahamH87 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- rivernâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, I. The covenant ratified (Gen 15:17); the sign which Abram desired was given, at length, when the sun had gone down, so that it was dark; for that was a dark dispensation. 1. The smoking furnace signified the affliction of his seed in Egypt.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-21