John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 35:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, etc.] Meaning the land of Canaan, which, as he had by promise given it to his grandfather, and father, so he would give it to him; thus renewing the grant of it for his comfort, and the encouragement of his faith, when he had been in danger of being destroyed by the inhabitants of it, and was obliged to remove from one part of it to another: and to thy seed after thee will I give the land; and not only make a grant of it to them, but put them into the possession of it, as in process of time he did.

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