Gen 15:18-21, Exo 23:31, Num 34:3-15, Jos 1:3-4, 14:9, 1Ki 4:21, 24 | ESV | STEP | On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram , saying , To your offspring I give this land , from the river of Egypt to the great river , the river Euphrates ,

Genesis 15:18-21

18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ^a“To your offspring I give ^{▼▼Or have given} this land, from ^cthe river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”

Exodus 23:31

31 ^dAnd I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, ^{▼▼Hebrew the River} for ^fI will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

Numbers 34:3-15

3 ^gyour south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of ^hthe Salt Sea on the east. 4 And your border shall turn south of ⁱthe ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to ^jHazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon. 5 And the border shall turn ^kfrom Azmon to ^lthe Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.

6 “For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its ^{▼▼Syriac; Hebrew lacks its} coast. This shall be your western border.

7 “This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to ⁿMount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor you shall draw a line ^oto Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at ^pZedad. 9 Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at ^qHazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 “You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 And the border shall go down from Shepham to ^rRiblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of ^sthe Sea of Chinnereth on the east. 12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at ^tthe Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”

13 Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, ^u“This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe. 14 ^vFor the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers’ houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers’ houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh. 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

Joshua 1:3-4

3 ^wEvery place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. 4 ^xFrom the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.

Joshua 14:9

9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, ^y‘Surely the land ^zon which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’

1 Kings 4:21

21 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^abSolomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the ^acEuphrates ^{▼▼Hebrew the River} to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. ^aeThey brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

1 Kings 4:24

24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates ^{▼▼Hebrew the River; twice in this verse} from Tiphsah to ^agGaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. ^ahAnd he had peace on all sides around him.