Genesis 17:8

Genesis 17:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”

Context of Genesis 17:8

6I will give you many descendants. These will make many nations of people. Some of your descendants will become kings. 7My covenant with you is very strong. I am making it with you and with your descendants. It will continue for generation after generation of your descendants, for all time. I will be your God. I will also be the God of all your descendants. You are now living here in Canaan as a foreign person. But I will give all of this land to you and to your descendants. It will belong to them for ever. I will be their God.’ 9God continued to speak to Abraham. He said, ‘As for you, you must agree to obey me. You must obey the rules of my covenant. You, and all your descendants after you must obey it. 10This is what you and all your descendants must do to obey my covenant: Every male person in your family must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:8 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת׀ אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• unto thee, and to thy seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• after theeאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• wherein thou art a strangerמָגוֹרmâgûr mâgûr · sojourningH4033
• of Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• for an everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• possessionאֲחֻזָּה'ăchûzzâh · possessionH272
• and I will be their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Genesis 17:8

• Genesis 12:7The Lord appeared to Abram there. He said, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ So Abram built an altar in that place to worship the Lord. He did that because the Lord had appeared to him.
• Genesis 13:15I will give you all the land that you can see. I will give it to you and your descendants. It will belong to them for ever.
• Genesis 15:7The Lord also said to Abram, ‘I am the Lord. I brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to bring you to this land. I am giving it to you. It will belong to you.’
• Psalms 105:9That is the promise that he made to Abraham, and that he also made to Isaac.
• Genesis 23:4‘I am living as a stranger among you. Please, sell me some land here, so that it belongs to me. Then I can use it to bury my wife properly.’
• Genesis 28:4May God bless you and your descendants with the good things that he promised to Abraham. The land that he promised to give to Abraham will then belong to you. That is the land where you now live as a foreign person.’
• Genesis 48:4He said to me, “I will give you many children, so that your descendants are many. In that way, you will become the ancestor of many nations. I will give this land to you so that it belongs to your descendants for ever.” ’
• Exodus 21:6Then his master must take the slave to stand in front of the judges. He must lead the slave to stand beside the door, or the wood that holds the door. Then the master must push the sharp point of a tool through the slave's ear. After that, he will serve his master for all his life.
• Exodus 31:16The Israelites must always keep the Sabbath as a special day. They must obey the rules for the Sabbath day. Those rules are part of my covenant with my people that continues for ever.
• Exodus 40:15Pour some oil on their heads, as you did to their father. Then they too may serve me as my priests. In this way, they and their descendants will always continue to serve me as priests.’
• Leviticus 16:34He will make atonement for all the Israelites' sins once every year. This rule is for now and for all time.’ The people did everything in the way that the Lord had commanded Moses.
• Numbers 25:13That promise will be for him and for his descendants after him. They will always be priests. That is because he did not want the people to worship any god except me. He has removed the sin of the Israelites so that I could forgive them.’
• Deuteronomy 32:8The Most High God gave land to be the home of each nation. When he made people into separate groups, he decided where their borders should be. He did that to match the number of angels in heaven.
• 2 Samuel 23:5That is how God will bless my descendants. He has made a promise to me that will continue for ever. It is a strong promise that will never change. I know that he will always help me. He will do for me everything that I hope for.
• Psalms 103:17But the faithful love of the Lord will always be with people who worship him. He promises to be kind to their children's children for ever.
• Hebrews 9:15So, by Christ's death, God brings a new agreement between him and his people. God's people receive from him the good things that will be with them for ever. God has promised to give those things to the people that he has chosen. Christ's death has made them free from their sins. God will no longer punish them like the first agreement says should happen.

Commentaries on Genesis 17:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Everlasting possession - Here עולם olam appears to be used in its accommodated meaning, and signifies the completion of the Divine counsel in reference to a particular period or dispensation. And it is literally true that the Israelites possessed the land of Canaan till the Mosaic dispensation was terminated in the complete introduction of that of the Gospel. But as the spiritual and temporal covenants are both blended together, and the former was pointed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-27Verses 1-27 - The Sealing of the Covenant 1. שׁדי shaday Shaddai, “Irresistible, able to destroy, and by inference to make, Almighty.” שׁדד shādad “be strong, destroy.” This name is found six times in Genesis, and thirty-one times in Job. 5. אברהם 'abrâhām Abraham, from אברם 'abrām “high-father,” and הם hām the radical part of המין hāmôn a “multitude,” is obtained by a euphonic abbreviation אברהם 'abrâhām “father of a multitude.” The root רהם rhm…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The covenant of grace is from everlasting in the counsels of it, and to everlasting in the consequences of it. The token of the covenant was circumcision. It is here said to be the covenant which Abraham and his seed must keep. Those who will have the Lord to be to them a God, must resolve to be to him a people. Not only Abraham and Isaac, and his posterity by Isaac, were to be circumcised, but also Ishmael and the bond-servants. It sealed not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The land of Canaan was to be an everlasting possession for the descendants of Abraham. The Lord would always be their God (see Jeremiah 31:31–40; Zechariah 8:8; Luke 1:68–79; Revelation 21:1–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. I will give unto thee ... the land--It had been previously promised to Abraham and his posterity (Ge 15:18). Here it is promised as an "everlasting possession," and was, therefore, a type of heaven, "the better country" (He 11:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 17:8

• Abraham
• Canaan
• Canaanites
• Children
• Circumcision
• Covenant
• Self-Denial

In the dictionaries

• Canaan
• God
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Canaan, Canaanite
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• I Will Be
• Abraham
• Covenant
• Establish
• Everlasting

Commentaries on Genesis 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings