1 Chronicles 16:18 “‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance…”

1 Chronicles 16:18

‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Saying, To thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,

Bible in Basic English

Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

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Cross references

“Unto thee”

Genesis 13:15 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 17:8 Genesis 28:13 Genesis 28:14 Genesis 35:11

Genesis 13:15 · BSB

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

Genesis 12:7 · BSB

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring. ” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 17:8 · BSB

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

Genesis 28:13 · BSB

And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

Genesis 28:14 · BSB

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Genesis 35:11 · BSB

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

“lot”

Micah 2:5

Micah 2:5 · BSB

Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

“inheritance”

Deuteronomy 32:8 Numbers 26:53–56

Deuteronomy 32:8 · BSB

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Numbers 26:53–56 · BSB

“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

19When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

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