Acts 7:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ “And He gave him no inheritance in it, not a foot of it. But He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

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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.

Acts 7:5 Cross References

Genesis 12:7

And יהוה  appeared to Aḇ

Genesis 13:15

for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever.

Genesis 15:18

On the same day יהוה  made a covenant with Aḇ

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said to Aḇ

Genesis 17:8

“And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Kenaʽ

Genesis 23:4

“I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me property for a burial site among you, so that I bury my dead from my presence.”

Genesis 26:3

“Sojourn in this land. And I shall be with you and bless you, for I give all these lands to you and your seed. And I shall establish the oath which I swore to Aḇ

Nehemiah 9:8

and found his heart trustworthy before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Kenaʽ

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 10:11

“And יהוה  said to me, ‘Arise, go before the people, to set out, and let them go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

Deuteronomy 11:9

and to prolong your days in the land which יהוה  swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 2:5

“Do not strive with them, for I do not give you any of their land, no, not so much as one footstep, because I have given Mount Sĕ

Deuteronomy 34:4

And יהוה  said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Aḇ

Deuteronomy 9:5

“It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wrong of these nations that יהוה  your Elohim drives them out from before you, in order to establish the word which יהוה  swore to your fathers, to Aḇ