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17 lines
780 B
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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.”
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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]])
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# all this land
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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.
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# your descendants will always possess it
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God promised to give the land to Abram and also to his descendants.
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# Then Abram settled in the land
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Abram lived there along with all those who had gone there with him.
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