Gen 17:7-8 | NETfull | STEP | I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:7-8

7 I will confirm ^{▼▼ The verb קוּם (qum, “to arise, to stand up”) in the Hiphil verbal stem means “to confirm, to give effect to, to carry out” (i.e., a covenant or oath; see BDB 878-79 s.v. קוּם).} my covenant as a perpetual ^{▼▼ Or “as an eternal.”} covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ^{▼▼ Heb “to be to you for God and to your descendants after you.”} 8 I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing ^{▼▼ The verbal root is גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to reside temporarily,” i.e., as a resident alien). It is the land in which Abram resides, but does not yet possess as his very own.} – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent ^{▼▼ Or “as an eternal.”} possession. I will be their God.”