Genesis 15:18-21

Context
15:18 That day the Lord made a covenant¹ with Abram: “To your descendants I give² this land, from the river of Egypt³ to the great river, the Euphrates River – 15:19 the land⁴ of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 15:20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 15:21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”⁵

Numbers 34:2-13

Context
34:2 “Give these instructions⁶ to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance,⁷ the land of Canaan with its borders, 34:3 your southern border⁸ will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, 34:4 and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent,⁹ continue to Zin, and then its direction¹⁰ will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. 34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea.¹¹

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border¹² you will have the Great Sea.¹³ This will be your western border.

The Northern Border of the Land

34:7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath,¹⁴ and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

The Eastern Border of the Land

34:10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth.¹⁵ 34:12 Then the border will continue down the Jordan River¹⁶ and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.’”

34:13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given¹⁷ to the nine and a half tribes,

Deuteronomy 34:2-3

Context
34:2 and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant¹⁸ sea, 34:3 the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

[15:18] ¹tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

[15:18] ²tn The perfect verbal form is understood as instantaneous (“I here and now give”). Another option is to understand it as rhetorical, indicating certitude (“I have given” meaning it is as good as done, i.e., “I will surely give”).

[15:18] ³sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile.

[15:19] ⁴tn The words “the land” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:21] ⁵tn Each of the names in the list has the Hebrew definite article, which is used here generically for the class of people identified.

[34:2] ⁶tn Or “command.”

[34:2] ⁷tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”

[34:3] ⁸tn The expression refers to the corner or extremity of the Negev, the South.

[34:4] ⁹tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[34:4] ¹⁰tn Heb “its going forth,” or the way it runs.

[34:5] ¹¹sn That is, the Mediterranean.

[34:6] ¹²tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

[34:6] ¹³sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

[34:8] ¹⁴tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

[34:11] ¹⁵tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”

[34:12] ¹⁶tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[34:13] ¹⁷tn The infinitive forms the direct object of what the Lord commanded. It actually means “to give,” but without an expressed subject may be made passive.

[34:2] ¹⁸tn Or “western” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); Heb “latter,” a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).