¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram^(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,^(B) from the Wadi^[a] of Egypt^(C) to the great river, the Euphrates^(D)—

⁴⁴ The Lord gave them rest^(A) on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies^(B) withstood them; the Lord gave all their enemies^(C) into their hands.^(D)

¹² I sent the hornet^(A) ahead of you, which drove them out^(B) before you—also the two Amorite kings. You did not do it with your own sword and bow.^(C)

¹⁸ And the Lord drove out^(A) before us all the nations,^(B) including the Amorites, who lived in the land.^(C) We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.^(D)”