18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, (A)“To your offspring I give[a] this land, from (B)the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or have given

18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(B) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(C) to the great river, the Euphrates(D)

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or river

31 (A)And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates,[a] for (B)I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew the River

31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(A) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(B) before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines

(A)your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of (B)the Salt Sea on the east. And your border shall turn south of (C)the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to (D)Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon. And the border shall turn (E)from Azmon to (F)the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.

“For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its[a] coast. This shall be your western border.

“This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to (G)Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you shall draw a line (H)to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at (I)Zedad. Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at (J)Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 “You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 And the border shall go down from Shepham to (K)Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of (L)the Sea of Chinnereth on the east. 12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at (M)the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”

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  1. Numbers 34:6 Syriac; Hebrew lacks its

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(A) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(B) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(C) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(D) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(E) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(F) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(G) This will be your boundary on the west.(H)

“‘For your northern boundary,(I) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(J) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(K) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(L) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(M) on the east side of Ain(N) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[a](O) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

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  1. Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth