The Lord did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.

这约不是与我们列祖立的，乃是与我们今日在这里存活之人立的。

这约耶和华不是与我们列祖立的，而是与我们，就是今日在这里还活着的人立的。

这约耶和华不是与我们列祖立的，而是与我们，就是今日在这里还活着的人立的。

这约不是与我们祖先立的，乃是与我们今天还活着的人立的。

这约，耶和华不是与我们的列祖立的，而是与我们今日在这里还活着的人立的。

這約不是與我們列祖立的，乃是與我們今日在這裏存活之人立的。

這約耶和華不是與我們列祖立的，而是與我們，就是今日在這裏還活着的人立的。

這約耶和華不是與我們列祖立的，而是與我們，就是今日在這裏還活着的人立的。

這約不是與我們祖先立的，乃是與我們今天還活著的人立的。

這約，耶和華不是與我們的列祖立的，而是與我們今日在這裡還活著的人立的。

這約、永恆主並不是跟我們列祖立的，乃是跟我們立的，我們這些今日都在這裏活着的人。

非與我祖立約、乃與我儕今日在此尚存者也、

非與我祖立約、乃與我儕、今日尚存者、立約。

此約主非與我祖立之、乃與我儕在此之人今日尚存者立之、

It was not with our ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.

He didn’t make it only with our people of long ago. He also made it with us. In fact, he made it with all of us who are alive here today.

Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive here today.

The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us who are alive here today.

The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.

Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us,[ even] us, who[ are] all of us here alive this day.

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now.

Yahweh didn’t make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.

All of you— tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of Israel— are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God.Your little ones and your wives are with you, as well as the foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water.You are standing here today to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God. The Lord is making this covenant, including the curses.By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.“ But you are not the only ones with whom I am making this covenant with its curses.I am making this covenant both with you who stand here today in the presence of the Lord our God, and also with the future generations who are not standing here today.

But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”

“ I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.

He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never ending covenant:

But when God found fault with the people, he said:“ The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. They did not remain faithful to my covenant, so I turned my back on them, says the Lord.

This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.Now a mediator is helpful if more than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not use a mediator when he gave his promise to Abraham.Is there a conflict, then, between God’s law and God’s promises? Absolutely not! If the law could give us new life, we could be made right with God by obeying it.

They will be my people, and I will be their God.And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.