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God said, “Look all around you. I will give to you all this land, and your descendants will always possess it.”

This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “God told Abram to look all around, for God would give to him all this land, and his descendants would always possess it.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)

all this land

If Abram was standing on a mountain, he could have seen a very large area. On several occasions God promised to give the entire land of Canaan to Abram and his descendants.

your descendants will always possess it

God promised to give the land to Abram and also to his descendants.

Then Abram settled in the land

Abram lived there along with all those who had gone there with him.