For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give
it,
&c.] Not only so much of it as his eye could reach, but all
of it, as far as it went, which way soever he looked; and this he
gave him to sojourn in now where he pleased, and for his
posterity to dwell in hereafter; he gave him the title to it now,
and to them the possession of it for future times: and to
thy seed for ever;
the meaning is, that he gave it to his posterity to be enjoyed by
them until the Messiah came, when a new world would begin; and
which Abram in person shall enjoy, with all his spiritual seed,
after the resurrection, when that part of the earth will be
renewed, as the rest; and where particularly Christ will make his
personal appearance and residence, the principal seed of Abram,
and will reign a thousand years; (See Gill on Matthew
22:32); besides, this may be typical of the heavenly
Canaan given to Abram, and all his spiritual seed, and which
shall be enjoyed by them for evermore.
Genesis 13:15
