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God's Covenant [04-09]

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
• covenant
• Abraham
• son
• Canaan
• descendant

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.