King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:17 in the King James Version says “And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,”
1 Chronicles 16:17 · King James Version
Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; the lot: Heb. the cord
When ye were but few , even a few, and strangers in it. few, even: Heb. men of number, etc
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“And hath confirmed”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“for a law”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“and to Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“for an everlasting”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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