Genesis 15:18

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At that time the Lord made a promise  to Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. This is the land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I’m going to give this land to your descendants.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15

I will give all the land you see to you and to your descendants for an indefinite period of time.

Genesis 2:14

The name of the third river is Tigris. This is the one that flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 24:7

“The Lord God of heaven took me from my father’s home and the land of my family. He spoke to me and swore this oath: ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ “God will send his angel ahead of you, and you will get my son a wife from there.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:4

May he give to you and your descendants the blessing of Abraham so that you may take possession of the land where you are now living, the land that God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 35:12

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

Genesis 50:24

At last Joseph said to his brothers, “I’m about to die. God will definitely take care of you and take you out of this land to the land he swore with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

2 Samuel 23:5

“Truly, God considers my house to be that way, because he has made a lasting promise  to me, with every detail arranged and assured. ⌞He promised⌟ everything that helps me, everything that pleases me. Truly, he makes these things happen.

2 Samuel 8:3

When David went to restore his control ⌞over the territory⌟ along the Euphrates River, he defeated Zobah’s King Hadadezer, son of Rehob.

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the country of the Philistines and as far as the Egyptian border. These kingdoms paid taxes and were subject to Solomon as long as he lived.

1 Kings 5:1

King Hiram of Tyre sent his officials to Solomon when he heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father. Hiram had always been David’s friend.

1 Chronicles 16:16

the promise that he made to Abraham, and his sworn promise to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 5:9

Some of them lived eastward as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because they had so much livestock in Gilead.

2 Chronicles 7:8

At that time Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival ⌞of Booths⌟. A very large crowd had come from ⌞the territory between⌟ the border of Hamath and the River of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 8:7

The Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites had been left ⌞in the land⌟ because the Israelites had not been able to destroy them. They were not Israelites,

2 Chronicles 9:26

He ruled all the kings from the Euphrates River to the country of the Philistines and as far as the Egyptian border.

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had powerful kings who have ruled the whole ⌞province⌟ west of the Euphrates. Taxes, fees, and tolls were paid to them.

Nehemiah 9:8

You found that his heart was faithful to you. You made a promise  to him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. You kept your promise because you are fair.

Psalm 105:11

by saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan. It is your share of the inheritance.”

Exodus 13:11

“When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he swore to you and your ancestors,

Exodus 2:24

God heard their groaning, and he remembered his promise  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 23:23

“My Messenger will go ahead of you and will bring you to ⌞the land of⌟ the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites. I will wipe them out.

Exodus 3:8

I have come to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good land with plenty of room ⌞for everyone⌟. It is a land flowing with milk and honey where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You took an oath, swearing on yourself. You told them, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all the land I spoke of. It will be their permanent possession.’ ”

Exodus 34:11

Do everything that I command today. Then I will force the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites out of your way.

Exodus 34:24

I will force nations out of your way and will expand ⌞your country’s⌟ borders. No one will want to take away your land while you’re gone three times a year to the Lord’s festivals.

Exodus 6:4

I even made a promise  to give them Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.

Exodus 6:8

I will bring you to the land I solemnly swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession. I am the Lord.’ ”

Isaiah 27:12

On that day the Lord will begin his threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt. People of Israel, you will be gathered one by one.

Isaiah 55:3

Open your ears, and come to me! Listen so that you may live! I will make an everlasting promise  to you— the blessings I promised to David.

Jeremiah 32:22

You gave them the land that you swore with an oath to give their ancestors, the land flowing with milk and honey.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an eternal promise  to them that I will never stop blessing them. I will make them fear me so that they will never turn away from me.

Leviticus 26:42

I will remember my promise to Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham. I will also remember the land.

Leviticus 26:45

But for their sake, I will remember the promise to their ancestors. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God while nations looked on. I am the Lord.”

Numbers 34:5

From Azmon it turns toward the River of Egypt so that the border ends at the Mediterranean Sea.

Acts 7:5

“Yet, God didn’t give Abraham anything in this land to call his own, not even a place to rest his feet. But God promised to give this land to him and to his descendants, even though Abraham didn’t have a child.

Deuteronomy 11:24

I will give you every place on which you set foot. Your borders will be from the desert to Lebanon, from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

Deuteronomy 12:20

The Lord your God will expand your ⌞country’s⌟ borders as he promised. You will say, “I’m hungry for meat.” Then eat as much meat as you want.

Deuteronomy 19:8

The Lord your God may expand your country’s borders as he promised your ancestors with an oath. He may give you the whole land he promised to give them.

Deuteronomy 34:4

Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised with an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I said I would give it to their descendants. I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you may not go there.”

Deuteronomy 7:1

The Lord your God will bring you to the land you’re about to enter and take possession of. He will force many nations out of your way: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—seven nations larger and more powerful than you.

Hebrews 13:20

The God of peace brought the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, back to life through the blood of an eternal promise.

Joshua 13:3

It extends from the Shihor River, east of Egypt, northward as far as the border of Ekron. This is considered to be Canaanite territory, even though there are five Philistine rulers over Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvim people

Joshua 15:4

and on to Azmon. It comes out at the River of Egypt so that the border ends at the Mediterranean Sea. This is the southern border.

Revelation 9:14

The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River.”