## God's Covenant [04-09] ##

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Then __God__ made a __covenant__ with __Abram__. A covenant is an agreement between __two parties__. God said, “I will give you a __son from your own body__. I give the land of __Canaan__ to your __descendants__.” But Abram still __did not have a son__.

有一天，亚伯兰遇见了麦基洗德--至高神的祭司。麦基洗德祝福了亚伯兰，并说：「愿天地的主，至高的神赐福与亚伯兰。」 亚伯兰便把所得的十分之一给了麦基洗德。

## Important Terms: ##

* __[God](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-tw/src/master/content/kt/God.md)__
* __[covenant](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-tw/src/master/content/kt/covenant.md)__
* __[Abraham](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-tw/src/master/content/other/Abraham.md)__
* __[son](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-tw/src/master/content/kt/son.md)__
* __[Canaan](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-tw/src/master/content/other/Canaan.md)__
* __[descendant](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-tw/src/master/content/other/descendant.md)__


## Translation Notes: ##

* __two parties__ - The parties could be two people, two groups of people, or a person and a group of people. In this case the agreement was between God and Abram.
* __from your own body__ - With his own body Abram would cause his wife to become pregnant, so that together they would have their own, natural son. This was an amazing promise, since Abram and Sarai were very old.
* __did not have a son__ - Abram still did not have any descendants who could possess the land.
* _A Bible story from_ - These references may be slightly different in some Bible translations.