Lisa
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Because no one is forever on the earth, they only have a certain life span right? So then then it can’t be forever for them, you are correct...So looking at the text here:
This 'forever' must only be for a certain period of time since the servant will eventually die and cease to serve his master. So here we have an 'Olam' or 'forever' in scripture which is not eternal, but the forever refers to a certain period of time, in this case the entirety of the mans life.
My Bible says permanently, which I took to mean however long that person was alive.
Definition of permanent:
lasting or intended to last or remain unchanged indefinitely.
So here you are taking the word 'permanent' to mean only a finite length of time. This is correct, but in being so surely points to the danger of a plain reading of the English text to back up your argument regarding the everlasting covenant in Genesis 17.
God however is forever, He wasn’t created, He just is and He is forever, He can make a forever promise and keep it. However, humans can’t, which is why the covenant was with Abraham and his descendants. Abraham died, when that happened his heir, Isaac took over the covenant then Jacob..etc.
This covenant however did not include all of Abraham’s descendants and Ishmael was purposefully left out of it by God. So that tells you a story right there.