Genesis 17:8

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I am also giving this land where you are living—all of Canaan—to you and your descendants as your permanent possession. And I will be your God.”

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 13:17

Go! Walk back and forth across the entire land because I will give it to you.”

Genesis 23:4

“I’m a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 26:24

That night the Lord appeared to Isaac, and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and increase the number of your descendants for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

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 35:27

Jacob came home to his father Isaac to Mamre’s city, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron). Abraham and Isaac had lived there for a while.

Genesis 36:7

He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn’t enough pastureland for all of their livestock.

Genesis 37:1

Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.

Genesis 48:4

He said to me, ‘I will make you fertile and increase the number of your descendants so that you will become a community of people. I will give this land to your descendants as a permanent possession.’

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.

1 Chronicles 16:18

by saying, ‘I will give you Canaan. It is your share of the inheritance.’

Psalm 103:17

But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s mercy is on those who fear him. His righteousness belongs to their children and grandchildren,

Psalm 105:11

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

Psalm 105:9

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

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 21:6

then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to the door or the doorframe and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his slave for life.

Exodus 29:45

“Then I will live among the Israelites and be their God.

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 40:15

Anoint them to serve me as priests, as you anointed their father. Their anointing will begin a permanent priesthood for them for generations to come.”

Exodus 6:4

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

Exodus 6:7

Then I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.

Jeremiah 25:5

The prophets said, ‘Turn from your evil ways and the evil you have done, and live in the land that the Lord permanently gave to you and your ancestors.

Jeremiah 31:1

“At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

Ezekiel 11:20

Then they will live by my laws and obey my rules. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, those who live in the ruined cities in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, and he was given the land. But we are many. Certainly the land has been given to us.’

Leviticus 14:34

“When you come to Canaan that I am going to give to you, mildew may appear in a house.

Leviticus 16:34

“This permanent law tells you how to make peace with the Lord once a year for all the sins the Israelites committed.” Aaron did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 26:12

So I will live among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

Zechariah 8:8

I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, who is faithful and just.

Numbers 10:29

Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are going to the place the Lord promised to give us. Come with us. We will be good to you, because the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

Numbers 25:13

My promise is that he and his descendants will be priests permanently because he stood up for his God and he made peace with the Lord for the Israelites.”

Numbers 27:12

The Lord said to Moses, “Go up into the Abarim Mountains, and take a look at the land I will give the Israelites.

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 14:2

You are people who are holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the people who live on earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his own special possession.

Deuteronomy 26:18

Today the Lord has declared that you are his people, his own special possession, as he told you. But you must be sure to obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 29:13

With this promise the Lord will confirm today that you are his people and that he is your God. This is what he told you, and this is what he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath.

Deuteronomy 32:49

“Go into the Abarim Mountains, to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho. Take a look at the land of Canaan that I’m giving the Israelites as their own property.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave nations their land, when he divided the descendants of Adam, he set up borders for the tribes corresponding to the number of the sons of Israel.

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 4:37

Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants, he was with you as he brought you out of Egypt by his great power.

Deuteronomy 9:5

It’s not because you’ve been living right or because you’re so honest that you’re entering to take possession of their land. It’s because these people are so wicked that the Lord your God is forcing them out of your way. It’s also because the Lord wants to confirm the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Hebrews 9:15

Because Christ offered himself to God, he is able to bring a new promise from God. Through his death he paid the price to set people free from the sins they committed under the first promise. He did this so that those who are called can be guaranteed an inheritance that will last forever.

Joshua 1:2

“My servant Moses is dead. Now you and all these people must cross the Jordan River into the land that I am going to give the people of Israel.

Revelation 21:7

Everyone who wins the victory will inherit these things. I will be their God, and they will be my children.