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Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as strangers (temporary residents, foreigners).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as aliens.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I made an agreement and promised them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I even made a promise to give them Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as resident aliens for a time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they were foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I have also established My covenant with them, to give the land of Canaan to them, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also have I set my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, which they sojourned upon it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I formed a covenant with them, in order to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourning, in which they were newcomers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they were residing as aliens.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they resided as aliens.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they dwelt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And also I have established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage where they dwell.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of the Chananites, the land wherein they sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/6-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1170" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/6.htm">God Promises Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">I also</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: hă·qi·mō·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">established</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">My covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tām (Prep:: 3mp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: lā·ṯêṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">to give</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·nā·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4033.htm" title="4033: mə·ḡu·rê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Or magur; from guwr in the sense of lodging; a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/1481.htm" title="1481: gā·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road, i.e. Sojourn; also to shrink, fear; also to gather for hostility.">they lived as foreigners.</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7-8</a></span><br />I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. / And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a></span><br />On that 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 Euphrates—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3</a></span><br />Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13-15</a></span><br />And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-12.htm">Genesis 35:12</a></span><br />The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-42.htm">Leviticus 26:42</a></span><br />then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Deuteronomy 7:8</a></span><br />But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-13.htm">Deuteronomy 29:13</a></span><br />and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-8.htm">Psalm 105:8-11</a></span><br />He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Nehemiah 9:8</a></span><br />You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a></span><br />He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9</a></span><br />By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a></span><br />The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Galatians 3:17</a></span><br />What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a></span><br />For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.</p><p class="hdg">established</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18</a></b></br> But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a></b></br> 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7,8,13</a></b></br> And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee… </p><p class="hdg">the land of their</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13</a></b></br> And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land <i>that is</i> not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a></b></br> And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a></b></br> I <i>am</i> a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/genesis/50-13.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/exodus/1-21.htm">Established</a> <a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Pilgrimage</a> <a href="/genesis/37-1.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/genesis/36-7.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Sojournings</a> <a href="/genesis/42-7.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/genesis/37-1.htm">Travels</a> <a href="/genesis/47-9.htm">Wanderings</a> <a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/exodus/6-15.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/exodus/6-5.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/exodus/10-23.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Established</a> <a href="/psalms/84-5.htm">Pilgrimage</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/psalms/119-54.htm">Sojournings</a> <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/exodus/40-36.htm">Travels</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-7.htm">Wanderings</a> <a href="/exodus/12-7.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm">Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-10.htm">He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-14.htm">Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-26.htm">The history resumed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The covenant is a central theme in the Bible, representing God's promises and relationship with His chosen people. In <a href="/genesis/15.htm">Genesis 15 and 17</a>, God makes a covenant with Abraham, promising numerous descendants and the land of Canaan. This covenant is unconditional and everlasting, highlighting God's faithfulness. The covenant is foundational to Israel's identity and their understanding of God's plan for them.<p><b>to give them the land of Canaan</b><br>The land of Canaan is the Promised Land, a significant geographical and theological concept in the Bible. It represents God's promise of a homeland for His people, a place of rest and blessing. Canaan is located in the region of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Jordan and Syria. The promise of land is a recurring theme, seen in <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a> and reiterated throughout the Pentateuch. This promise is fulfilled in the book of Joshua when the Israelites take possession of the land.<p><b>the land where they lived as foreigners</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the temporary and transient nature of the patriarchs' existence in Canaan. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived as sojourners, without permanent ownership of the land, as seen in <a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a> and <a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9</a>. This status as foreigners underscores their faith in God's promises, as they looked forward to a future fulfillment. It also foreshadows the Israelites' later experience in Egypt and their eventual exodus and conquest of Canaan. The concept of living as foreigners is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are described as strangers and pilgrims on earth (<a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a>), looking forward to a heavenly homeland.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, reaffirming His covenant with the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom God made His covenant.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised by God to the Israelites, where they lived as foreigners.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a></b><br>A solemn agreement made by God with the patriarchs, promising them the land of Canaan.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/patriarchs.htm">Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)</a></b><br>The forefathers of the Israelites with whom God initially established His covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's covenant with the Israelites demonstrates His unwavering faithfulness. Despite their circumstances, He remains committed to His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_foreigners.htm">Living as Foreigners</a></b><br>The Israelites' experience in Canaan as foreigners parallels the Christian journey on earth. Believers are called to live with the hope of their eternal home.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>Understanding the depth of God's covenant encourages believers to trust in His promises and live in obedience to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_context.htm">Historical Context</a></b><br>Recognizing the historical and cultural context of God's promises helps deepen our understanding of His plans and purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_and_assurance.htm">Hope and Assurance</a></b><br>Just as God fulfilled His promises to the Israelites, believers can have hope and assurance that He will fulfill His promises to us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_genesis_23_contradict_canaan's_inheritance.htm">Why does the narrative in Genesis 23 seem to contradict other passages suggesting Abraham freely inherited Canaan? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_400_years_in_acts_7_6_vs._430_in_ex._12_40.htm">Why does Stephen cite a 400-year period in Acts 7:6 when Exodus 12:40 indicates 430 years of Israelite bondage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/exodus_6_6__why_no_evidence_for_exodus.htm">Exodus 6:6: How can we reconcile the lack of archaeological evidence for a large-scale exodus with the biblical narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">My covenant.</span>--See <a href="/context/genesis/15-18.htm" title="In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:">Genesis 15:18-21</a>; <a href="/context/genesis/17-7.htm" title="And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your seed after you.">Genesis 17:7-8</a>; <a href="/context/genesis/26-3.htm" title="Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;">Genesis 26:3-4</a>; <a href="/genesis/35-12.htm" title="And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your seed after you will I give the land.">Genesis 35:12</a>. &c.<p><span class= "bld">The land of Canaan.</span>--Canaan proper was the tract between Sidon and Gaza (<a href="/genesis/10-19.htm" title="And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, to Gaza; as you go, to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.">Genesis 10:19</a>), which is now counted as "Palestine "; but the region promised to Abraham, and included in a larger sense of the word "Canaan," was very much more extensive, reaching as it did from the Nile to the Euphrates (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm" title="In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:">Genesis 15:18</a>). This vast territory was actually possessed by Israel under David and Solomon (<a href="/context/1_kings/4-21.htm" title="And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.">1Kings 4:21-24</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have established my covenant with them</span>. Compare <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>; <a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7, 8</a>; <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3</a>; <a href="/genesis/28-13.htm">Genesis 28:13</a>. <span class="cmt_word">The land of Canaan</span>, in a narrow acceptation, reached "from Sidon unto Gaza" (<a href="/genesis/10-19.htm">Genesis 10:19</a>); in a wider sense it included the whole tract between "the river of Egypt (<span class="accented">Wady-el-Arish</span>) and the great river, the river Euphrates" (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a>). It was this larger tract which was promised by God to Abraham. <span class="cmt_word">The land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers</span>. Literally, "the land of their sojourns wherein they sojourned." (So Kalisch.) It was by permission of the lords of the soil - the Canaaaites, Perizzites, Hittites, and others, that Abraham and his descendants dwelt in Canaan to the time of Jacob's descent into Egypt. (See <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a>; <a href="/genesis/13-7.htm">Genesis 13:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/23-7.htm">Genesis 23:7</a>; <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Genesis 27:46</a>, etc.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/6-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I also</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">established</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲקִמֹ֤תִי</span> <span class="translit">(hă·qi·mō·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיתִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them to give</span><br /><span class="heb">לָתֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ṯêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them the land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Canaan,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנָ֑עַן</span> <span class="translit">(kə·nā·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land where</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they lived as foreigners.</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּ֥רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(gā·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1481.htm">Strong's 1481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/6-4.htm">Exodus 6:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">OT Law: Exodus 6:4 I have also established my covenant (Exo. 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