Genesis 15:18-21

18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi^[a] of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—

19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

Genesis 15:18-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 15

This chapter informs us of a gracious appearance of God to Abram, and of a kind promise made unto him, Ge 15:1; of Abram's request for an heir, Ge 15:2,3; of an answer to it, that he should have one, and even a numberless seed, Ge 15:4,5; which he gave credit to, Ge 15:6; upon which he has a fresh promise of the land of Canaan, Ge 15:7; of his inheriting of which he desires a sign, and this was given him, Ge 15:8-12; and at the same time it was predicted to him how long his posterity should be afflicted in a land not theirs, and afterwards come out with great substance, Ge 15:13-16; and the grant of the land of Canaan to his seed is renewed, Ge 15:17-21.

Cross References

• 1. Ge 17:2,4,7; Exodus 6:4; Exodus 34:10,27; 1 Chronicles 16:16; Psalms 105:9
• 2. S Genesis 12:7
• 3. Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4,47; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7; 2 Chronicles 7:8; Isaiah 27:12; Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 46:2; Lamentations 4:17; Ezekiel 30:22; Ezekiel 47:19
• 4. S Genesis 2:14
• 5. Numbers 24:21; Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11,17; Judges 5:24; 1 Samuel 15:6; 1 Samuel 27:10; 1 Samuel 30:29; 1 Chronicles 2:55
• 6. S Genesis 10:15; S Deuteronomy 7:1
• 7. S Genesis 13:7
• 8. S Genesis 14:5
• 9. S Genesis 10:16; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 24:11; Nehemiah 9:8

Footnotes

• [a] Or "river"