Genesis 12:7

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The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord appeared to him.

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Genesis 12:8

Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.

Genesis 13:15

I'm giving all this land you see to you and your descendants forever.

Genesis 13:17

Go and walk through the whole land in all directions because I'm giving it to you.”

Genesis 13:18

So Abram went to live at Hebron, setting up his tents among the oaks at Mamre, where he built an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 13:4

This was where he'd first built an altar. He worshiped the Lord there as he had done previously.

Genesis 15:18

This is how the Lord made an agreement with Abram that day and promised him, “I'm giving this land to your descendants. It extends from the Wadi of Egypt to the great Euphrates River,

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99, the Lord appeared to him and told him, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and don't do wrong.

Genesis 17:3

Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God told him,

Genesis 17:8

I will give you and your descendants the whole country of Canaan—where you've been living as a foreigner—as land to own forever, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 18:1

The Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent as the day became really hot.

Genesis 22:9

When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and placed the wood on it. Then he bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

Genesis 24:7

“The Lord, the God of heaven, took me from my family home and my own country. He spoke to me and swore an oath to me in which he promised, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ He is the one who will send his angel ahead of you so that you can find a wife there for my son.

Genesis 26:25

Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord. He also set up his tent, and his servants dug a well there.

Genesis 26:3

Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you and your descendants all these lands. I will keep the solemn promise that I swore to Abraham your father.

Genesis 28:13

Then he saw the Lord standing over him, who said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac. I'm giving you and your descendants the land you're lying on.

Genesis 28:4

May he grant you and your descendants the same blessing he gave to Abraham, so that you may take over the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 32:30

Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “I saw God face to face and I'm still alive!”

Genesis 33:20

He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis 35:12

I will give to you and to your descendants the land I also gave to Abraham and Isaac.”

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and called the place El-Bethel, because that was where God had appeared to him when he was running away from his brother Esau.

Genesis 50:24

“I'm going to die soon,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will be with you, and he will lead you out of this country to the land that he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Genesis 8:20

Noah built an altar, and sacrificed some of the clean animals and birds as a burnt offering.

2 Samuel 24:25

David built an altar to the Lord there, and presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings. The Lord answered his prayer for the country, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

1 Kings 18:32

With the stones he built an altar in the Lord's name. He dug a ditch around it that could hold two seahs of seed.

1 Chronicles 16:16

the agreement he made with Abraham, the vow he gave to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:18

saying, “I will give the land of Canaan to you for you to possess.”

2 Chronicles 20:11

See how they're rewarding us, coming to steal the land you gave us to possess forever!

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, didn't you drive out before your people Israel those who were living in this land? Didn't you give this land to the descendants of your friend Abraham forever?

Ezra 3:2

Then Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and the priests with him, together with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, started to build the altar of the God of Israel in order to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.

Exodus 17:15

Moses built an altar and called it “The Lord is my Banner of Victory.”

Exodus 24:4

Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the following morning and built an altar at the bottom of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 32:13

Remember you swore a promise your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, telling them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and give you all the land I promised to them, and they shall own it forever.’”

Exodus 33:1

Then the Lord told Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you led out of Egypt, and go to the land I promised with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, telling them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’

Exodus 6:3

I revealed myself as God Almighty to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, but they didn't know my name, ‘Yahweh.’

Exodus 6:4

I also confirmed my solemn agreement with them to give them the land of Canaan, the country where they were living as foreigners.

Jeremiah 3:18

At that time the people of Judah will join with the people of Israel, and they will return from the land of the north to the country I gave to your forefathers to own.

Numbers 26:53

“Divide the land that is to be owned based on the number of those censused.

Numbers 32:11

‘Not a single one of those I saved from Egypt who is twenty years old or older will ever see the land I promised with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they were not completely committed to me—

Acts 7:5

God didn't give Abraham an inheritance here, not even one square foot. But God did promise Abraham that he would give him and his descendants possession of the land, even though he had no children.

Romans 9:8

so it's not Abraham's actual children who are counted as God's children, but only those children of God's promise who are considered his true descendants.

Galatians 3:16

Now the promises were given to Abraham, and to his son. It doesn't say, “sons” as if plural, but singular: “and to your son,” meaning Christ.

Galatians 4:28

Now my friends, we are children of promise just like Isaac.

Deuteronomy 1:8

Look, I'm giving this land to you. Go and take ownership of the land that the Lord promised he would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants who would follow them.”

Deuteronomy 30:20

so you will love the Lord your God, obey him, and hold onto him. For he is your life, and he will give you long lives in the country that the Lord promised to give your forefathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 34:4

The Lord told him, “This is the country I solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I'm giving it to your descendants.’ I have allowed you to see it for yourself, but you're not going to enter it.”

Deuteronomy 6:10

The Lord your God is going to take you into the country he promised to give you and your forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It's a country with large, prosperous towns that you didn't build,

Deuteronomy 9:5

It's not because you're so good or moral that you're going to take over their land. No, it's because of their wickedness that the Lord your God is driving out these nations ahead of you, to keep the promise he made to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Hebrews 11:13

They all died still trusting in God. Though they didn't receive the things God promised, they were still looking for them as it were from a distance and welcomed them, acknowledging that on this earth they were foreigners, people just passing through.

Hebrews 11:8

Through trusting God Abraham obeyed when God called him to go to the land God was going to give him. He left, not knowing where he was going.

Joshua 1:6

Be strong! Be brave! You will be the people's leader as they occupy the land I promised their ancestors that I would give them.

Joshua 22:10

When they approached the Jordan region, still in the land of Canaan, the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built a large and impressive altar beside the Jordan River.

Joshua 8:30

Then Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal for the Lord, the God of Israel.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it “The Lord is Peace.” It's still there today, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

1 Samuel 7:17

Then he would return to Ramah because that was where he lived. He ruled Israel from there, and also built an altar to the Lord.