Genesis 15:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃

Transliteration

In-the-yôm the-that kāraṯ YHWH with-ʾAḇrām bərîṯ lēʾmōr to-zarʿăḵā nāṯattî et-the-ʾāreṣ the-this from-nəhar Miṣrayim until-the-nāhār the-gāḏōl nəhar-Pərāṯ.

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: masculine singular noun with prefix preposition and definite article - in the day
• *kāraṯ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - cut/made
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾAḇrām*: proper name with preposition
• *bərîṯ*: feminine singular noun - covenant
• *lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct with prefix - to say
• *zarʿăḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *nāṯattî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have given
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
• *nəhar*: masculine singular construct noun - river of
• *Miṣrayim*: proper name - Egypt
• *nāhār*: masculine singular noun - river
• *gāḏōl*: masculine singular adjective - great
• *Pərāṯ*: proper name - Euphrates

Word Meanings

• *kāraṯ*: cut/made/established (idiom for covenant-making)
• *bərîṯ*: covenant/agreement/treaty/alliance
• *zarʿăḵā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants/your posterity
• *nāṯattî*: I have given/I give/I will give (prophetic perfect)
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory/country
• *nəhar*: river/stream/wadi
• *gāḏōl*: great/large/mighty

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River—

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  In that{H1931} day{H3117} Jehovah{H3068} made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with Abram,{H87} saying,{H559} Unto thy seed{H2233} have I given{H5414} this land,{H776} from the river{H5104} of Egypt{H4714} unto the great{H1419} river,{H5104} the river{H5104} Euphrates:{H6578}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In the same{H1931} day{H3117} the LORD{H3068} made{H3772}{(H8804)} a covenant{H1285} with Abram{H87}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Unto thy seed{H2233} have I given{H5414}{(H8804)} this land{H776}, from the river{H5104} of Egypt{H4714} unto the great{H1419} river{H5104}, the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The same daye made the LORDE a couenaut with Abram, and sayde: Vnto thy sede wil I geue this lode, from the water of Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In that same day the Lorde made a couenaunt with Abram, saying: vnto thy seede haue I geuen this lande, fro the ryuer of Egypt, euen vnto the great ryuer, the ryuer of Euphrates.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

• World English Bible (2000)

  In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your descendants will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
• Deut 1:7-8 : 7 Turn, and take your journey, and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley, and in the south, and by the sea, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.
• Neh 9:8 : 8 You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous;
• Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place where the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall be your territory.
• Deut 34:4 : 4 And the LORD said to him, This is the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your descendants: I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.
• Josh 1:3-4 : 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, I have given to you, as I said to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your territory.
• Exod 23:27-31 : 27 I will send my fear before you and will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land. 31 And I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
• Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.
• Gen 24:7 : 7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
• 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Num 34:5 : 5 And the border shall turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the termination of it shall be at the sea.
• 1 Chr 5:9 : 9 And eastward he inhabited to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
• 2 Chr 9:26 : 26 He reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.
• Gen 28:4 : 4 And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
• Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants; 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 35:12 : 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your descendants after you I will give the land.
• Gen 50:24 : 24 And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die, and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 6:4 : 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, where they were strangers.
• Exod 23:23 : 23 For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
• Gen 17:1-9 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you. 6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. 9 And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 And he who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant. 13 He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. 15 And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her and give you a son also by her; yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall come from her. 17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child? 18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you! 19 And God said, Sarah your wife shall indeed bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes he shall beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year. 22 And he finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him. 24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 On that very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
• Gen 2:14 : 14 And the name of the third river is Tigris: it is the one that flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
• Gen 9:8-9 : 8 And God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. 17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.
• Exod 34:11 : 11 Observe what I command you this day: behold, I am driving out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Num 34:2-3 : 2 Command the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with its borders:) 3 Then your southern quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom, and your southern border shall be the outermost coast of the salt sea eastward.
• Deut 7:1 : 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you are going to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
• Josh 12:1-9 : 1 These are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land on the other side of the Jordan toward the east, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 3 And from the plain to the Sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the Sea of the Plain, even the Salt Sea on the east, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and from the south, under the slopes of Pisgah: 4 And the territory of Og king of Bashan, who was of the remnant of the giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 5 And reigned in Mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 6 These did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel strike: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel struck on this side of the Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the Valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; 20 The king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
• Josh 15:4 : 4 From there it passed toward Azmon and extended to the river of Egypt; and the end of that coast was at the sea: this shall be your southern coast.
• Josh 19:1-9 : 1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, for the tribe of the descendants of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the descendants of Judah. 2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, 6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: 8 And all the villages that were around these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the portion of the descendants of Judah was the inheritance of the descendants of Simeon: for the part of the descendants of Judah was too much for them: therefore the descendants of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. 10 And the third lot came up for the descendants of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: 11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chislothtabor, and then went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia, 13 And from there passed on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and went out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; 14 And the border encompassed it on the north side to Hannathon: and its outgoings were in the valley of Jiphthahel: 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. 16 This is the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the descendants of Issachar according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; 22 And the coast reached to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 27 And turned toward the sunrise to Bethdagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left hand, 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Zidon; 29 And then the coast turned to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turned to Hosah; and its outgoings were at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakum; and its outgoings were at Jordan: 34 And then the coast turned westward to Aznothtabor, and went out from there to Hukkok, and reached to Zebulun on the south side, and reached to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrise. 35 And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, 38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
• 2 Sam 8:3 : 3 David also defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the river Euphrates.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Although my house is not so with God; yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He does not make it grow.
• Ps 105:11 : 11 Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
• Isa 27:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river to the stream of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O children of Israel.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
• Jer 31:31-34 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says the LORD: 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
• Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so there should not be day and night in their season, 21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me. 23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Gal 3:15-17 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,