(A)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (B)“To your [a]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (C)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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  1. Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed

(A)I have also [a]established My covenant with them, (B)to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their [b]pilgrimage, (C)in which they were [c]strangers. And (D)I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. Therefore say to the children of Israel: (E)‘I am the Lord; (F)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will (G)rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with [d]an outstretched arm and with great judgments. I will (H)take you as My people, and (I)I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God who brings you out (J)from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you into the land which I (K)swore[e] to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.’ ”

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  1. Exodus 6:4 made or ratified
  2. Exodus 6:4 sojournings
  3. Exodus 6:4 sojourners, temporary residents
  4. Exodus 6:6 Mighty power
  5. Exodus 6:8 promised, lit. lifted up My hand

I also established my covenant(A) with them to give them the land(B) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.(C) Moreover, I have heard the groaning(D) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.(E)

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.(F) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem(G) you with an outstretched arm(H) and with mighty acts of judgment.(I) I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.(J) Then you will know(K) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land(L) I swore(M) with uplifted hand(N) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.(O) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”(P)

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