Genesis 28:13

Good News Translation

And there was the Lord standing beside him. “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac,” he said. “I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “This is the country that I am going to give to your descendants.” Then Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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 13:17

Now, go and look over the whole land, because I am going to give it all to you.”

Genesis 15:1

After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward.”

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 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.”

Genesis 26:3

Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:4

May he bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!”

Genesis 31:13

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.’”

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment.”

Genesis 31:5

He said to them, “I have noticed that your father is not as friendly toward me as he used to be; but my father's God has been with me.

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us.” Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise.

Genesis 32:10

I am not worth all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown me, your servant. I crossed the Jordan with nothing but a walking stick, and now I have come back with these two groups.

Genesis 32:9

Then Jacob prayed, “God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, Lord, to go back to my land and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me.

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:12

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

Genesis 35:15

He named the place Bethel.

Genesis 35:17

When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, “Don't be afraid, Rachel; it's another boy.”

Genesis 46:3

“I am God, the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Genesis 48:3

Jacob said to Joseph, “Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

1 Chronicles 16:16

the covenant he made with Abraham, the promise he made to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:18

“I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said. “It will be your own possession.”

Psalm 105:11

“I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said. “It will be your own possession.”

Exodus 2:24

who heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 3:6

I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” So Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 4:5

The Lord said, “Do this to prove to the Israelites that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to you.”

Exodus 6:4

I also made my covenant with them, promising to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they had lived as foreigners.

Exodus 6:7

I will make you my own people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God when I set you free from slavery in Egypt.

Ezekiel 28:25

The Sovereign Lord said, “I will bring back the people of Israel from the nations where I scattered them, and all the nations will know that I am holy. The people of Israel will live in their own land, the land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Amos 7:7

I had another vision from the Lord. In it I saw him standing beside a wall that had been built with the use of a plumb line, and there was a plumb line in his hand.

Matthew 22:32

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is the God of the living, not of the dead.”

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.”

Deuteronomy 9:5

It is not because you are good and do what is right that the Lord is letting you take their land. He will drive them out because they are wicked and because he intends to keep the promise that he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, it was a better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so God is not ashamed for them to call him their God, because he has prepared a city for them.