Art not thou our God? — Didst not Thou, our God, drive out, &c. (Comp. Joshua 23:5; Joshua 23:9; Deuteronomy 4:38; Deuteronomy 11:23; and for the form of appeal, Isa. Ii. 9, 10. Comp. also Psalms 47:3-4.)
And gavest it to the seed of Abraham. — According to the Promise, Genesis 13:15-16; Genesis 15:18.
For ever. — Genesis 17:8, “for an everlasting possession.”
Thy friend. — Or, lover. So Isaiah 41:8, “seed of Abraham, my friend.” This title of Abraham is mentioned again by St. James (James 2:23). Hebron, the patriarch’s burial-place, is at this day known to the Muslim world as el-Khalil, “the Friend.”