Genesis 26:3

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

You will live there as a foreigner, but I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants.

Cross References

Genesis 28:15

Wherever you go, I will watch over you, then later I will bring you back to this land. I won't leave you—I will do all I have promised.

Psalm 105:9

God made an eternal promise

Genesis 20:1

Abraham moved to the Southern Desert, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. Later he went to Gerar, and while there

Genesis 17:8

I will give you and them the land in which you are now a foreigner. I will give the whole land of Canaan to your family forever, and I will be their God.

Genesis 15:18

At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him: I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River.

Genesis 13:17

Now walk back and forth across the land, because I am going to give it to you.

Genesis 13:15

I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs forever!

Genesis 12:7

but the Lord appeared to Abram and promised, “I will give this land to your family forever.” Abram then built an altar there for the Lord.

Hebrews 11:9

Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise.

Philippians 4:9

You know the teachings I gave you, and you know what you heard me say and saw me do. So follow my example. And God, who gives peace, will be with you.

Isaiah 43:5

Don't be afraid! I am with you. From both east and west I will bring you together.

Isaiah 43:2

When you cross deep rivers, I will be with you, and you won't drown. When you walk through fire, you won't be burned or scorched by the flames.

Psalm 32:8

You said to me, “I will point out the road that you should follow. I will be your teacher and watch over you.

Genesis 39:21

the Lord helped him and was good to him. He even made the jailer like Joseph so much that

Genesis 39:2

So Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner. Soon Potiphar realized that the Lord was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did.

Genesis 26:14

In fact, the Philistines were jealous of the large number of sheep, goats, and slaves that Isaac owned,

Genesis 26:12

Isaac planted grain and had a good harvest that same year. The Lord blessed him,

Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to prove for certain his promise to his people could not be broken, he made a vow.

Micah 7:20

You will keep your word and be faithful to Jacob and to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors many years ago.

Psalm 39:12

“Listen, Lord, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting in your home as my ancestors did.

Genesis 25:11

God blessed Isaac after this, and Isaac moved to a place called “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”

Genesis 26:24

where the Lord appeared to him that night and told him, “Don't be afraid! I am the God who was worshiped by your father Abraham, my servant. I will be with you and bless you, and because of Abraham I will give you many descendants.”

Genesis 28:13

The Lord was standing beside the ladder and said: I am the Lord God who was worshiped by Abraham and Isaac. I will give to you and your family the land on which you are now sleeping.

Genesis 31:3

One day the Lord said, “Jacob, go back to your relatives in the land of your ancestors, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 35:12

I will give you the land that I promised Abraham and Isaac, and it will belong to your family forever.

Genesis 48:21

After that, Jacob said, “Joseph, you can see that I won't live much longer. But God will be with you and will lead you back to the land he promised our family long ago.

Genesis 50:24

Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, “I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 6:4

I made an agreement and promised them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you into the land that I solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and it will be yours. I am the Lord!”

Deuteronomy 1:8

I give you this land, just as I promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Now you must go and take the land.

Deuteronomy 34:4

The Lord said, “Moses, this is the land I was talking about when I solemnly promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give land to their descendants. I have let you see it, but you will not cross the Jordan and go in.”

1 Chronicles 16:16

God made an eternal promise

Genesis 17:19

But God answered: No! You and Sarah will have a son. His name will be Isaac, and I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.

Exodus 2:24

and God heard their loud cries. He did not forget the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

Exodus 3:12

God replied, “I will be with you. And you will know that I am the one who sent you, when you worship me on this mountain after you have led my people out of Egypt.”

Exodus 6:7

I will accept you as my people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I was the one who rescued you from the Egyptians.

Numbers 23:19

God is no mere human! He doesn't tell lies or change his mind. God always keeps his promises.

Psalm 105:8

He will never forget his agreement or his promises, not in thousands of years. *