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In that day Yahweh 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:
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A One-Sided Promise
Scholars highlight that the phrase "made a covenant" literally means "to cut." In the preceding ceremony, only God (symbolized by the smoking furnace and flaming torch) passed between the animal pieces. This was unusual, as both parties would normally do so. It signifies that God was taking the entire obligation upon Himself, making this an unconditional promise guaranteed solely by His own faithfulness, not Abram's.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord made a covenant. — Hebrew: Jehovah cut a covenant. Abram had divided the slaughtered animals, and Jehovah, by pa…
Baptist
He mentions the adversaries to show how great would be the victories of the people who were to come and dispossess them. Let us always look upon th…
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16th Century
Protestant
In the same day the Lord made a covenant. I willingly admit what I have alluded to above, that the covenant was ratified by a solemn rite,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram Which he confirmed by passing between the pieces and accepting h…
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