18 On the same day the Lord (A)made a covenant with Abram, saying:

(B)“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

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18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(B) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(C) to the great river, the Euphrates(D)

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or river

31 And (A)I will set your [a]bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the [b]River. For I will (B)deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 boundaries
  2. Exodus 23:31 Heb. Nahar, the Euphrates

31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(A) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(B) before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines

(A)Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of (B)the Salt Sea; your border shall turn from the southern side of (C)the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of (D)Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to (E)Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon; the border shall turn from Azmon (F)to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

‘As for the (G)western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to (H)Mount Hor; from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border (I)to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward (J)Zedad; the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at (K)Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 ‘You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham; 11 the border shall go down from Shepham (L)to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern [a]side of the Sea (M)of Chinnereth; 12 the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at (N)the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

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  1. Numbers 34:11 Lit. shoulder

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(A) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(B) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(C) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(D) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(E) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(F) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(G) This will be your boundary on the west.(H)

“‘For your northern boundary,(I) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(J) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(K) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(L) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(M) on the east side of Ain(N) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[a](O) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

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  1. Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth