Study it in the app“I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations as an eternal covenant, to be Elohim to you and to your offspring after you.”
God establishes his covenant with Abram and changes his nameFaithfulness
I will establishוַהֲקִמֹתִיmy covenantאֶת בְּרִיתִיbetween meבֵּינִיand youוּבֵינֶךָandוּבֵיןyour offspringזַרְעֲךָafter youאַחֲרֶיךָthroughout their generationsלְדֹרֹתָםas an eternalלִ עוֹלָםcovenant,בְרִיתto beלִהְיוֹתElohimלֵאלֹהִיםto youלְךָand to your offspringוּלְזַרְעֲךָafter you.אַחֲרֶיךָ
בְּרִית / διαθήκη
An everlasting covenant with Abraham and his offspring: “to be Elohim to you.”
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorota” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears6I will make you fruitful exceedingly, and I will make you into nations, and kings will come from you.
7 · This verse (above)
8And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land where you reside as an alien, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession; and I will be their Elohim.”
1. What it says
What new names did Abram and Sarai receive, and what did Elohim promise Abraham (vv. 5, 15-16)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s plan that Abram becomes Abraham, “father of a multitude of nations” (v. 5)?
3. How I live it
What helps you remember each day what Elohim has said about you and your life?
