OET interlinear ACTs 7:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ & ἐπηγγείλατο & αὐτῷ & αὐτοῦ & αὐτόν, οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ

not gave ˱to˲_him & ˱he˲_promised & ˱to˲_him & ˱of˲_him & him not being ˱to˲_him

The pronouns him and his and the third instance of he refer to Abraham, while the first two instances of he refer to God. For clarity, in your translation you might say “God did not give Abraham,” “God promised,” and “although Abraham did not have.”

οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ

not gave ˱to˲_him ˓an˒_inheritance in it

Alternate translation: [he did not give any of it to him as an inheritance]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐδὲ βῆμα ποδός

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδέ βῆμα ποδός καί ἐπηγγείλατο Δοῦναι αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αὐτήν καί τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτόν οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου)

This could mean: (1) not enough ground to stand on or (2) not enough ground on which to take a step. Either way, the expression is implicitly describing a very small area. Alternate translation: [not even a tiny piece of ground]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν & καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν

˱to˲_him ˱to˲_him for ˓a˒_possession & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδέ βῆμα ποδός καί ἐπηγγείλατο Δοῦναι αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αὐτήν καί τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτόν οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου)

The term seed means “descendants.” Alternate translation: [to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν & καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτόν

˱to˲_him ˱to˲_him for ˓a˒_possession & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδέ βῆμα ποδός καί ἐπηγγείλατο Δοῦναι αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αὐτήν καί τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτόν οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου)

If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun possession with a verb such as “possess.” Stephen is saying that Abraham possessed the land in the sense that it was something that God had promised to him but that it was his descendants who came into actual possession of it. Alternate translation: [as something that his descendants would one day possess]