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10 He repeated it to Jacob as a law.
It was a covenant with Israel's people
    that would continue for ever.[a]
11 He promised Jacob,
    ‘I will give to you the land of Canaan.
It will belong to you,
    and to your descendants.’
12 At one time, God's people were only a few.
    They lived in Canaan as strangers.

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Footnotes

  1. 105:10 See Genesis 28:13-14 (Isaac's son, Jacob). Israel is another name for Jacob. Israel's people, the Israelites, are Jacob's family.

10 He confirmed it(A) to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:(B)
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(C)
    as the portion you will inherit.”(D)

12 When they were but few in number,(E)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,(F)

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