| 8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 17:8:1 ⧉וְנָתַתִּ֣יvenatattiI will give Genesis 17:8:2 ⧉לְ֠ךָlekhato you Genesis 17:8:3 ⧉וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ulezarakhaand to your offspring Genesis 17:8:4 ⧉אַחֲרֶ֜יךָakharekhaafter you Genesis 17:8:5 ⧉אֵ֣תet Genesis 17:8:6 ⧉אֶ֣רֶץeretsthe land of Genesis 17:8:7 ⧉מְגֻרֶ֗יךָmegurekhayour sojournings Genesis 17:8:8 ⧉אֵ֚תet Genesis 17:8:9 ⧉כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץkoleretsall the land of Genesis 17:8:10 ⧉כְּנַ֔עַןkenaanCanaan Genesis 17:8:11 ⧉לַאֲחֻזַּ֖תlaakhuzatfor a possession Genesis 17:8:12 ⧉עוֹלָ֑םolameverlasting Genesis 17:8:13 ⧉וְהָיִ֥יתִיvehayitiI will be Genesis 17:8:14 ⧉לָהֶ֖םlahemtheir Genesis 17:8:15 ⧉לֵאלֹהִֽים׃leelohimGod |
| 8. Formal Translation I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession, and I will be God {Elohim, Faithful Possessor} to them. |
| 8. Dynamic Translation I will hand over the land where you have stayed as an outsider—all the land of Canaan—to you and your descendants after you as an everlasting inheritance, and I will be their God {Elohim, Relational Protector}. |