He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Chronicles 16:17 in context
1 Chronicles 16:14–20
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He is the LORD our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
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Remember his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
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the covenant which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac.
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He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan,
The lot of your inheritance,”
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when you were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
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They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
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