18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

(A)To your [a]descendants I have given this land,
From (B)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Lit seed

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)I will set your boundary from the [a]Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River; (B)for I will hand over the inhabitants of the land to you, and you will (C)drive them out from you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Lit Sea of Reeds

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

Then the border shall change direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at (A)the sea.

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where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(A) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

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from the Shihor which is [a]east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the (A)five governors of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite

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  1. Joshua 13:3 Lit to the face of

from the Shihor River(A) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(B) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(C) in Gaza, Ashdod,(D) Ashkelon,(E) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(F)

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