the. Omit.
children. sons. Greek. huios. App-108.
covenant. Greek. diatheke. Compare Luke 1:72. For this Hebraism, "sons of the covenant", compare Matthew 8:12; Matthew 9:15.Luke 16:8.
made. covenanted. Greek. diatithemi.
in. Dative case; no preposition.
thy seed. i.e. Christ. See Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:16.
kindreds. families. Greek. patria. Only here, Luke 2:4.Ephesians 3:15.
earth. Greek. ge. App-129.
blessed. Greek. eneulogeomai. Only here, and in Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:8. Strong form of eulogeo, which occurs in the next verse.