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# behold
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The word "behold" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
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# a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces
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God did this to show Abram that he was making a covenant with him.
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# passed between the pieces
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"passed through between the two rows of animal pieces"
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# covenant
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In this covenant God promises to bless Abram, and he will continue to bless him as long as Abram follows him.
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# I hereby give this land
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By saying this, God was giving the land to Abram's descendants. God was doing this then, but the descendants would not go into the land until many years later.
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# the great river, the Euphrates
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"the large river, the Euphrates." These are two ways of referring to the same river.
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# the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites
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These are the names of groups of people who lived in that land. God would allow Abraham's descendants to conquer these people and take their land. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/euphrates]] |