Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I will give unto thee . . . the land—It had been previously promised to Abraham and his posterity (Genesis 15:18). Here it is promised as an "everlasting possession," and was, therefore, a type of heaven, "the better country" (Hebrews 11:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 17:8:
Joshua 1:1
Psalms 119:54
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