17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
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For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)We have here an account of a gracious visit which God paid to Abram, to confirm the promise to him and his. Observe, I. When it was that God renewed and ratified the promise: After that Lot was separated from him , that is, 1. After the quarrel was over; for those are best prepared for the visits of divine grace whose spirits are calm and sedate, and not ruffled with any passion. 2. After Abram’s…
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