Acts 7:5 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁵ 3 And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren, and his kindred was made known to Pharao.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Yet He gave him no inheritable property in it, [no] not even enough ground to set his foot on; but He promised that He would give it to Him for a permanent possession and to his descendants after him, even though [as yet] he had no child. [Gen. 12:7; 17:8; Deut. 2:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Common English Bible

⁵ God didn’t give him an inheritance here, not even a square foot of land. However, God did promise to give the land as his possession to him and to his descendants, even though Abraham had no child.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he gave him no inheritance in it, not even the space of one step. But he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his offspring after him, though he did not have a son.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And he gave him no inheritance in it; no, not the pace of a foot: but he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Acts 7:5 Cross References

Genesis 12:7

And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15

5 All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.

Genesis 15:18

8 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

Genesis 16:2

She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: go in unto my handmaid, it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

Genesis 17:8

And I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Chanaan for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.

Genesis 23:4

I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead.

Genesis 26:3

And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.

Nehemiah 9:8

3 Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.

Ezekiel 33:24

2 And thou art to them as a musical song which is sung with a sweet and agreeable voice: and they hear thy words, and do them not.

Deuteronomy 10:11

6 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

Deuteronomy 11:9

4 He will give to your land the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil,

Deuteronomy 2:5

0 The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,

Deuteronomy 34:4

And Josue the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands upon him. And the children of Israel obeyed him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.

Deuteronomy 9:5

0 And the Lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the Are, when the people were assembled together.