¹⁸ On the same day the Lord ^(A)made a covenant with Abram, saying:

^(B)“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—

^4 (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.

Purpose of the Law

¹⁹ What purpose then does the law serve? ^(A)It was added because of transgressions, till the ^(B)Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ^(C)appointed through angels by the hand ^(D)of a mediator.