When did the Lord make the covenant with Abraham about the land?
The Lord made the covenant with Abraham about the land on the same day He transferred the title deed of the land to him, as recorded in Genesis 15. After God appeared to Abraham and passed through the rites of transferring title, verse 18 states the covenant was made that same day.
Les explains that in Genesis 15 God came down and appeared to Abraham, as He often did in the Old Testament. God literally went through the rites of transferring the title deed to Abraham. Then, after that was done, verse 18 says, “...in the same day that He had transferred the title deed of the land to Abraham, in the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying...” The covenant concerned Abraham’s seed and the land from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates. Les points out this land extends through present-day Iraq down to the Persian Gulf and will be Israel’s homeland when the Kingdom is set up, because she has never had it yet. David and Solomon got part of it, but not all of it.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
More Questions
What land did God covenant to give Abraham's descendants?
God made a covenant with Abraham in which He gave, in the past tense, the land from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates to Abraham's seed.
How much land did God deed to Abraham?
God deeded to Abraham not just the small, narrow land from the Mediterranean to Jordan, but a much larger territory, as stated in Genesis 15:18.
What boundaries did God set for the land He promised to Abraham's offspring?
In Genesis 15:18 God promised Abraham's offspring the land from the river of Egypt all the way out to the great river Euphrates.