For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Ver. 13. Heir of the world] That is, of heaven, say some; of Canaan, say others, the pleasant land, more esteemed of God than all the world besides, because it was the seat of the Church. A man is called every creature,Mark 16:15; the Church is called all things, Colossians 1:18. So Canaan is called the world, and Tabor and Hermon put for the east and west of the whole world, Psalms 89:12 .