What land did God promise to Abraham's seed in the covenant?
In the covenant, God promised Abraham's seed the land extending from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates, not merely the narrow strip from the Mediterranean to the Jordan. This deed encompassed the broader Middle East, from Mount Hermon down to the Red Sea, as Israel's future homeland.
Les explains that God did not deed only the small, narrow land from the Mediterranean to the Jordan. In the covenant, God deeded to Abraham a much larger territory: from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates. The context lists the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, and other tribes dwelling in that area. God gave it to Abraham in the same day He made the covenant, and the promise was past tense: "Unto thy seed have I given this land." Les teaches that regardless of what Israel does with the land, when Christ returns they will possess the whole Middle East as their homeland, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates, and from Mount Hermon down to the Red Sea. This certainty rests on the fact that the works and calling of God are without His changing His mind.
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:
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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.
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.
When did God make his covenant with Abraham about the land?
On the same day that God transferred the title deed of the land to Abraham, the Lord made a covenant with Abraham saying 'unto thy 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.