Gen 17:8 | NET2full | STEP | I will give the whole land of Canaan —the land where you are now residing —to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession . I will be their God .”

‏ Genesis 17:8

8 I will give the whole land of Canaan—the land where you are now residing ^{▼▼tn The verbal root is גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn, to reside temporarily,” i.e., as a resident foreigner). 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 ^{▼▼tn Or “as an eternal.”} possession. I will be their God.”