Exodus 6:4

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Cross-references

Genesis 15:18 is the original covenant where God promised the land to Abraham's descendants — the basis referenced here.

Genesis 17:7 establishes the everlasting covenant between God and Abraham's seed — the same covenant named here.

Genesis 17:8 explicitly grants the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession — the land promise recalled here.

Genesis 26:3 reaffirms the land promise to Isaac — a direct continuation of the same covenant.

Genesis 28:4 repeats the land inheritance promise to Jacob — a reaffirmation of the same covenant.

Acts 7:5 Allusion

Acts 7:5 adds that God gave Abraham no inheritance in the land — only the promise — matching this verse's 'land they sojourned in.'

Genesis 6:18 uses the same phrase 'establish my covenant'—the first occurrence of a covenant formula that Exodus 6:4 applies to the patriarchs.

Genesis 15:13 Historical context

Genesis 15:13 foretells Israel's sojourn in Egypt — providing background for the 'pilgrimage' mentioned here.

Genesis 47:9 shows Jacob describing his life as a sojourning in Canaan, the same land God promised to give.

Psalm 105:12 echoes the patriarchs' status as sojourners in Canaan, the same land promised in the covenant here.

Genesis 23:4 describes Abraham as a stranger and sojourner — directly parallels the 'land of pilgrimage' phrase.