Psalms 105:11

What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you and your descendants forever.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

In Context

10Later he confirmed it again to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli people that would last forever.

12He said that to them when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.

Genesis 26:3Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.

Exodus 6:4I also made my solemn agreement with them, promising to give them the Canaan region. That was the area in which they were living as foreigners.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25

The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →

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