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OET (OET-LV) And not gave to_him an_inheritance in it, nor the_tribunal of_a_foot, but he_promised to_give to_him for a_possession it, and to_the descendants of_him after him, not being to_him a_child.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham hadn’t received any land here as an inheritance, in fact he’d never been near this land and nor did he have any children, yet God promised to give this entire country to him and his descendants.
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 & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδὲ βῆμα ποδός καὶ ἐπηγγείλατο δοῦναι αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτόν οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου)
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
nor ˓the˒_tribunal ˱of˲_˓a˒_foot
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 & and ˱to˲_the descendants ˱of˲_him after him
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 & and ˱to˲_the descendants ˱of˲_him after him
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]
7:1-53 Stephen responded to the accusations by testifying about his Lord (cp. Luke 21:12-17). Instead of defending himself against their prosecution, he became a witness in God’s prosecution of them, exposing their stubbornness and unfaithfulness to God. Stephen’s recital of Israel’s past reminded them of their repeated rejections of those whom God had sent.
• Stephen’s review of Israel’s history has three principal parts, dealing with the work of the patriarchs (Acts 7:2-16), the ministry of Moses (7:17-43), and the role of the Tabernacle and the Temple (7:44-50). Stephen followed up his historical survey with a clear attack on the hard-heartedness of his own people. With a prophetic challenge, he urged them to stop rebelling against the Holy Spirit and turn to God with repentance and faith.
OET (OET-LV) And not gave to_him an_inheritance in it, nor the_tribunal of_a_foot, but he_promised to_give to_him for a_possession it, and to_the descendants of_him after him, not being to_him a_child.
OET (OET-RV) Abraham hadn’t received any land here as an inheritance, in fact he’d never been near this land and nor did he have any children, yet God promised to give this entire country to him and his descendants.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.