Genesis 17:19

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God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Canaan was the land west of the Jordan River that God promised to Abraham’s descendants. Though Genesis 17:19 focuses on Isaac and the everlasting covenant, Canaan is the covenant’s promised earthly inheritance, underscoring that God’s promise involved both a chosen line and a specified land.

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Genesis 17:19 mentions Canaan.