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Exodus 6:4

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6:4I also established my covenant with them11 to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.12

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  1. 11 The statement refers to the making of the covenant with Abraham (Gen 15 and following) and confirming it with the other patriarchs. The verb הֲקִמֹתִי (haqimoti) means “set up, establish, give effect to, conclude” a covenant agreement. The covenant promised the patriarchs a great nation, a land—Canaan, and divine blessing. They lived with those promises, but now their descendants were in bondage in Egypt. God’s reference to the covenant here is meant to show the new revelation through redemption will start to fulfill the promises and show what the reality of the name Yahweh is to them.
  2. 12 Heb “the land of their sojournings.” The noun מְגֻרִים (mégurim) is a reminder that the patriarchs did not receive the promises. It is also an indication that those living in the age of promise did not experience the full meaning of the name of the covenant God. The “land of their sojournings” is the land of Canaan where the family lived (גּרוּ, garu) as foreigners, without owning property or having the rights of kinship with the surrounding population.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as aliens.

NLTNew Living Translation

And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I not only established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they dwelt as aliens,

KJV 1900King James Version

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.