Genesis 24:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD who rules heaven brought me here from the land where I was born and promised that he would give this land to my descendants for ever. When you go back there, the LORD will send his angel ahead of you to help you find a wife for my son.

Cross References

Genesis 13:15

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

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 River Shihor on the border of Egypt as far as the River Euphrates.

Genesis 16:7

Hagar stopped to rest at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur. While she was there, the angel of the LORD came to her

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 for ever, and I will be their God.

Genesis 21:17

When God heard the boy crying, the angel of God called out to Hagar from heaven and said, “Hagar, why are you worried? Don't be afraid. I have heard your son crying.

Genesis 22:11

But the LORD's angel shouted from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.

Genesis 24:3

in the name of the LORD, who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 24:40

My master answered, “I have always obeyed the LORD, and he will send his angel to help you find my son a wife from among my own relatives.

Genesis 26:24

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

Ezra 1:2

I am King Cyrus of Persia. The LORD God of heaven, who is also the God of Israel, has made me the ruler of all nations on earth. And he has chosen me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. The LORD God will watch over and encourage any of his people who want to go back to Jerusalem and help build the temple.

Psalm 103:20

All you mighty angels, who obey God's commands, come and praise your LORD!

Psalm 136:26

Praise God in heaven! God's love never fails.

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.

Psalm 34:7

If you honour the LORD, his angel will protect you.

Psalm 73:24

Your advice has been my guide, and later you will welcome me in glory.

Exodus 13:5

The LORD promised your ancestors that he would bring you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. It is a land rich with milk and honey. Each year during the month of Abib, celebrate these events in the following way:

Exodus 32:13

Remember the solemn promise you made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You promised that some day they would have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and that you would give them land.

Exodus 33:2

It is a land rich with milk and honey, and I will send an angel to force out those people who live there—the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. I would go with my people, but they are so rebellious that I would destroy them before they get there.

Isaiah 63:9

It troubled the LORD to see them in trouble, and his angel saved them. The LORD was truly merciful, so he rescued his people. He took them in his arms and carried them all those years.

Daniel 2:44

During the time of those kings, the God who rules from heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will never fall. It will be like the stone that was cut from the mountain, but not by human hands—the stone that crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. Your Majesty, in your dream the great God has told you what is going to happen, and you can trust this interpretation.

Jonah 1:9

Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

Numbers 11:12

but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors.

Numbers 14:30

will enter the land that I solemnly promised to give you as your own—only Caleb and Joshua will go in.

Numbers 32:11

And he said that no one who was twenty years or older when they left Egypt would enter the land he had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Not one of those people believed in the LORD's power,

Acts 7:5

God didn't give him any part of it, not even a square metre. But God did promise to give it to him and his family for ever, even though Abraham didn't have any children.

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.”

Hebrews 1:14

Angels are merely spirits sent to serve people who are going to be saved.

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.

Joshua 1:6

Long ago I promised the ancestors of Israel that I would give this land to their descendants. So be strong and brave! Be careful to do everything my servant Moses taught you. Never stop reading The Book of the Law he gave you. Day and night you must think about what it says. If you obey it completely, you and Israel will be able to take this land.

Joshua 24:3

But I brought Abraham across the River Euphrates and led him through the land of Canaan. I blessed him by giving him Isaac, the first in a line of many descendants.

Revelation 11:13

At that same moment there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were frightened and praised the God who rules in heaven.

Judges 2:1

The LORD's angel went from Gilgal to Bochim and gave the Israelites this message from the LORD: I promised your ancestors that I would give this land to their families, and I brought your people here from Egypt. We made an agreement that I promised never to break,