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for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. And to: This is by way of explanation to the former words: (Ha.) for Abram never possessed a foot of this land by inheritance. Acts 8:5. Even his posterity never enjoyed it, at least, for any long time. Saint Augustine gives the reason; because the promise was conditional, and the Jews did not fulfil their part by obedience and fidelity. q. 3. in Gen. It is better, however, to understand these promises of another land, which the people, who imitate the faith of Abram, shall enjoy in the world to come. Calmet. Romans 4:16.
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