And to you and your future offspring[a](A) I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as a permanent possession,(B) and I will be their God.”

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  1. 17:8 Lit seed

The whole land of Canaan,(A) where you now reside as a foreigner,(B) I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you;(C) and I will be their God.(D)

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23 “The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only aliens and temporary residents on my land.[a](A)

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  1. 25:23 Lit residents with me

23 “‘The land(A) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(B) and you reside in my land as foreigners(C) and strangers.

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15 For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors.(A) Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.(B)

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15 We are foreigners and strangers(A) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(B) without hope.

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12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.(A)
For I am here with you as an alien,
a temporary resident like all my ancestors.(B)

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12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;(A)
    do not be deaf(B) to my weeping.(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,(D)
    a stranger,(E) as all my ancestors were.(F)

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12 When they were few in number,
very few indeed,
and resident aliens in Canaan,(A)

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12 When they were but few in number,(A)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,(B)

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By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.(A)

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By faith he made his home in the promised land(A) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,(B) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.(C)

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13 These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance,(A) greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.(B)

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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)

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