Kejadian 15:7
Konteks15:7 The Lord said 1 to him, “I am the Lord 2 who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans 3 to give you this land to possess.”
Kejadian 15:18
Konteks15:18 That day the Lord made a covenant 4 with Abram: “To your descendants I give 5 this land, from the river of Egypt 6 to the great river, the Euphrates River –
[15:7] 1 tn Heb “And he said.”
[15:7] 2 sn I am the
[15:7] 3 sn The phrase of the Chaldeans is a later editorial clarification for the readers, designating the location of Ur. From all evidence there would have been no Chaldeans in existence at this early date; they are known in the time of the neo-Babylonian empire in the first millennium
[15:18] 4 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
[15:18] 5 tn The perfect verbal form is understood as instantaneous (“I here and now give”). Another option is to understand it as rhetorical, indicating certitude (“I have given” meaning it is as good as done, i.e., “I will surely give”).
[15:18] sn To your descendants I give this land. The
[15:18] 6 sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile.