# covenant

In this covenant God promises to bless Abram, and he will continue to bless him as long as Abram follows him.

# I hereby give this land

By saying this, God was giving the land to Abram's descendants. God was doing this then, but the descendants would not go into the land until many years later.

# the great river, the [Euphrates](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/euphrates)

"the large river, the [Euphrates](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/euphrates)." These are two ways of referring to the same river.