Genesis 24:7

Good News Translation

The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and from the land of my relatives, and he solemnly promised me that he would give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel before you, so that you can get a wife there for my son.

Cross References

Genesis 13:15

I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever.

Genesis 15:18

Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, “I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,

Genesis 16:7

The angel of the Lord met Hagar at a spring in the desert on the road to Shur

Genesis 17:8

I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 21:17

God heard the boy crying, and from heaven the angel of God spoke to Hagar, “What are you troubled about, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy crying.

Genesis 22:11

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” He answered, “Yes, here I am.”

Genesis 24:3

I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.

Genesis 24:40

He answered, ‘The Lord, whom I have always obeyed, will send his angel with you and give you success. You will get for my son a wife from my own people, from my father's family.

Genesis 26:24

That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham.”

Ezra 1:2

“This is the command of Cyrus, Emperor of Persia. The Lord, the God of Heaven, has made me ruler over the whole world and has given me the responsibility of building a temple for him in Jerusalem in Judah.

Psalm 103:20

Praise the Lord, you strong and mighty angels, who obey his commands, who listen to what he says.

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven; his love is eternal.

Psalm 32:8

The Lord says, “I will teach you the way you should go; I will instruct you and advise you.

Psalm 34:7

His angel guards those who honor the Lord and rescues them from danger.

Psalm 73:24

You guide me with your instruction and at the end you will receive me with honor.

Exodus 13:5

The Lord solemnly promised your ancestors to give you the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. When he brings you into that rich and fertile land, you must celebrate this festival in the first month of every year.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember the solemn promise you made to them to give them as many descendants as there are stars in the sky and to give their descendants all that land you promised would be their possession forever.”

Exodus 33:2

I will send an angel to guide you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Isaiah 63:9

from all their suffering. It was not an angel, but the Lord himself who saved them. In his love and compassion he rescued them. He had always taken care of them in the past,

Daniel 2:44

At the time of those rulers the God of heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. It will never be conquered, but will completely destroy all those empires and then last forever.

Jonah 1:9

“I am a Hebrew,” Jonah answered. “I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made land and sea.”

Numbers 11:12

I didn't create them or bring them to birth! Why should you ask me to act like a nurse and carry them in my arms like babies all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors?

Numbers 14:16

that you killed your people in the wilderness because you were not able to bring them into the land you promised to give them.

Numbers 14:30

I promised to let you live there, but not one of you will, except Caleb and Joshua.

Numbers 32:11

‘I swear that because they did not remain loyal to me, none of the men twenty years old or older who came out of Egypt will enter the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’

Acts 7:5

God did not then give Abraham any part of it as his own, not even a square foot of ground, but God promised to give it to him, and that it would belong to him and to his descendants. At the time God made this promise, Abraham had no children.

Deuteronomy 1:8

All of this is the land which I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants. Go and occupy it.’”

Deuteronomy 34:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, “This is the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob I would give to their descendants. I have let you see it, but I will not let you go there.”

Hebrews 1:14

What are the angels, then? They are spirits who serve God and are sent by him to help those who are to receive salvation.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God.

Joshua 1:6

Be determined and confident, for you will be the leader of these people as they occupy this land which I promised their ancestors.

Joshua 24:3

Then I took Abraham, your ancestor, from the land across the Euphrates and led him through the whole land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac,

Revelation 11:13

At that very moment there was a violent earthquake; a tenth of the city was destroyed, and seven thousand people were killed. The rest of the people were terrified and praised the greatness of the God of heaven.

Judges 2:1

The angel of the Lord went from Gilgal to Bochim and said to the Israelites, “I took you out of Egypt and brought you to the land that I promised to your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.