^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Rather than for a possession, could this instead mean by conquest or seizure? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38: Come, let's kill him and seize [κατάσχωμεν] his inheritance. God's promise to childless Abraham would then be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Rather than for a possession, could this instead mean by conquest or seizure? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38: Come, let's kill him and seize [κατάσξωμεν] his inheritance. God's promise to childless Abraham would then be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Rather than for a possession, could this instead mean by conquest or seizure? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38. God's promise to childless Abraham would then be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Could this instead mean by conquest or seizure rather than for a possession? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38. God's promise to childless Abraham would then be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Could this instead mean by conquest or by seizure rather than for a possession? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38. God's promise to childless Abraham would then be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Could this mean by conquest or by seizure rather than for a possession? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38. God's promise to Abraham would then, instead of being to just hand the land over to childless Abraham, be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Could this mean "by conquest (or by seizure) rather than for a possession? Cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38. Instead of just handing the land over to childless Abraham, God promise to him would then be in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. For the meaning by conquest (or by seizure), cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38. Instead of just handing the land over to childless Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17).

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Instead of just handing the land over to childless Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17). For the meaning by conquest (or by seizure), cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38.

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Instead of just handing the land over to Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants to childless Abraham. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17). For the meaning by conquest (or by seizure), cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38.

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Instead of just handing of the land over to Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants to childless Abraham. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17). For the meaning by conquest (or by seizure), cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38.

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Instead of just handing of the land over to Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants to childless Abraham. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17). For the meaning by conquest (or seizure), cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38.

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Instead of just handing of the land over to Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants to childless Abraham. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough to take the land himself. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17). For the meaning by seizure, cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38.

^a Gr. εἰς κατάσχεσιν. Instead of just handing of the land over to Abraham, God promised it to him in a manner that was itself a promise of descendants to childless Abraham. Even by the time of Jacob and Joseph, Abraham's descendants only numbered seventy-five (7:14), so he was not strong enough yet to take the land. His descendants had to first grow and multiply (7:17). For the meaning by seizure, cf. κατέχω in Matthew 21:38.