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Genesis 15:18

NETBible	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 –
NIV © biblegateway Gen 15:18	On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
NASB © biblegateway Gen 15:18	On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
NLT © biblegateway Gen 15:18	So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River––
MSG © biblegateway Gen 15:18	That's when GOD made a covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria--
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 15:18	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:
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 15:18	On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 15:18	On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates––
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KJV	In the same <01931> day <03117> the LORD <03068> made <03772> (8804) a covenant <01285> with Abram <087>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Unto thy seed <02233> have I given <05414> (8804) this land <0776>_, from the river <05104> of Egypt <04714> unto the great <01419> river <05104>_, the river <05104> Euphrates <06578>_:
NASB © biblegateway Gen 15:18	On that day <03117> the LORD <03068> made <03772> a covenant <01285> with Abram <087> , saying <0559> , "To your descendants <02233> I have given <05414> this <02088> land <0776> , From the river <05104> of Egypt <04714> as far <05704> as the great <01419> river <05104> , the river <05104> Euphrates <06578> :
LXXM	en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF hmera <2250> N-DSF ekeinh <1565> D-DSF dieyeto {V-AMI-3S} kuriov <2962> N-NSM tw <3588> T-DSM abram {N-PRI} diayhkhn <1242> N-ASF legwn <3004> V-PAPNS tw <3588> T-DSN spermati <4690> N-DSN sou <4771> P-GS dwsw <1325> V-FAI-1S thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF tauthn <3778> D-ASF apo <575> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM potamou <4215> N-GSM aiguptou <125> N-GSF ewv <2193> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM potamou <4215> N-GSM tou <3588> T-GSM megalou <3173> A-GSM potamou <4215> N-GSM eufratou <2166> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	That <01931> day <03117> the Lord <03068> made <03772> a covenant <01285> with <0854> Abram <087> : “To your descendants <02233> I give <05414> this <02063> land <0776> , from the river <05104> of Egypt <04714> to <05704> the great <01419> river <05104> , the Euphrates <06578> River <05104> –
HEBREW	trp <06578> rhn <05104> ldgh <01419> rhnh <05104> de <05704> Myrum <04714> rhnm <05104> tazh <02063> Urah <0776> ta <0853> yttn <05414> Kerzl <02233> rmal <0559> tyrb <01285> Mrba <087> ta <0854> hwhy <03068> trk <03772> awhh <01931> Mwyb (15:18) <03117>

NETBible

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 –

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

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”).

²sn To your descendants I give this land. The Lord here unconditionally promises that Abram’s descendants will possess the land, but he does not yet ratify his earlier promises to give Abram a multitude of descendants and eternal possession of the land. The fulfillment of those aspects of the promise remain conditional (see Gen 17:1-8) and are ratified after Abraham offers up his son Isaac (see Gen 22:1-19). For a fuller discussion see R. B. Chisholm, “Evidence from Genesis,” A Case for Premillennialism, 35-54.

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