Genesis 12:7

12:7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants ¹  I will give this land.” So Abram ²  built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Deuteronomy 1:8

1:8 Look! I have already given the land to you. ³  Go, occupy the territory that I, ⁴  the Lord, promised ⁵  to give to your ancestors ⁶  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.” ⁷ 

Ezekiel 36:12

36:12 I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

[12:7]  ¹ tn The same Hebrew term זֶרַע (zera’) may mean “seed” (for planting), “offspring” (occasionally of animals, but usually of people), or “descendants” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[1:8]  ³ tn Heb “I have placed before you the land.”

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” Since the Lord is speaking, it is preferable for clarity to supply the first person pronoun in the translation.

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “swore” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to God’s promise, made by solemn oath, to give the patriarchs the land.

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 11, 21, 35).

[1:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “their seed after them.”