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Act 7:5. Οὐδὲ βῆμα ποδὸς, not even so much as to set his foot on) That land, concerning which Act 7:16 treats, Abraham did not receive by the Divine gift, but bought; the very fact of the purchase implying that he was a stranger.-ἐπηγγείλατο, He promised) Gen 12:7.-αὐτὴν, it) the whole of it.-οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου, when he had as yet no child) Not even Ishmael as yet was born: nor was there any hope of offspring, on account of the barrenness of Sarah. Both the inheritance and the posterity itself was according to (by) promise. This clause makes an Epitasis (Emphatic addition to what precedes. See Append.), as does that clause, not even so much as to set his foot on.