Study it in the app“On that day YHWH made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:”
On thatהַהוּאdayבַּיּוֹםYHWHיְהוָהmadeכָּרַתa covenantבְּרִיתwith Abram,אֶת אַבְרָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“To your offspringלְזַרְעֲךָI have givenנָתַתִּיthisהַזֹּאתland,אֶת הָאָרֶץfrom the riverמִנְּהַרof Egyptמִצְרַיִםtoעַדthe greatהַגָּדֹלriver,הַנָּהָרthe riverנְהַרEuphrates:פְּרָת
בְּרִית / διαθήκη
YHWH makes a covenant with Abram about the land for his offspring.
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karat” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsAbram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nehar” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsEuphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perat” appears“Made a covenant” is literally “cut a covenant”; the rite of 15:9-17 consisted of cutting animals in two and passing between the halves.
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Euphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, look, a smoking oven and a torch of fire that passed between these pieces.
18 · This verse (above)
19the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?
