Psalms 105:11

“Saying, unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, etc.] To each of the above persons, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their posterity, the children of Israel. Not that the word “saying”, as Gussetius f1486 well observes, signifies that the words following it are expressive of the covenant, for that is expressed (<19A507>Psalm 105:7), the main article, sum, and substance of it, being this, that the Lord was their God; but it only signifies that this earthly promise was pronounced when that everlasting covenant was given, (<011707>Genesis 17:7,8). Besides, this must be considered as typical of the heavenly inheritance; as that was a land of promise, so is this; it is the promise, the grand…”

“Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan - Genesis 13:14-15. The lot of your inheritance - Or, that shall be the lot of your inheritance; or, what you shall inherit. The margin is, “the cord.” The Hebrew word - חבל chebel - means properly a cord, a rope; and then, a measuring-line. Hence, it means a portion “measured out” and assigned to anyone as land, Joshua 17:14; Joshua 19:9. Compare Psalms 16:6. The meaning is, that the land of Canaan was given by promise to the patriarchs as their lot or portion of the earth; as that which they and their descendants were to possess as their own. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Lot - The portion assigned to you by lot. Psalms 105:13”

“105:11 God promised the land of Canaan to Abraham’s descendants as their special possession, where they could live as God’s people (105:44-45; Gen 12:7; 15:7-21).”

“Unto thee: Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 15:18, Gen 26:3, Gen 26:4, Gen 28:13 lot: Heb. cord, Psa 78:55 Psalms 105:12”