Genesis 12:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Abram built an altar to honor the Lord who appeared to him there.

Cross References

Galatians 3:16

God made promises to Abraham and his Descendant. The Scripture does not say, “and to your descendants.” That would mean many people. But it says, “and to your Descendant.” That means only one, and that one is Christ.

Genesis 17:8

And I will give this land to you and to all your descendants. I will give you the land you are traveling through—the land of Canaan. I will give you this land forever, and I will be your God.”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said, “I am God All-Powerful. Obey me and live the right way.

Genesis 18:1

Later, the Lord again appeared to Abraham near the oak trees of Mamre. It was the hottest part of the day, and Abraham was sitting at the door of his tent.

Genesis 13:15

All this land that you see I will give to you and your people who live after you. This will be your land forever.

Genesis 13:4

This was where Abram had built an altar earlier. So he worshiped the Lord there.

Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord.

Exodus 33:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You and the people you brought out of Egypt must leave this place. Go to the land that I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised them that I would give that land to their descendants.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named that place Peniel. He said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord in that place. He set up camp there, and his servants dug a well.

Numbers 32:11

‘None of the people who came from Egypt and are 20 years old or older will be allowed to see this land. I made a promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to these people, but they did not really follow me.

Genesis 12:8

Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord there.

Hebrews 11:13

All these great people continued living with faith until they died. They did not get the things God promised his people. But they were happy just to see those promises coming far in the future. They accepted the fact that they were like visitors and strangers here on earth.

Romans 9:8

This means that not all of Abraham’s descendants are God’s true children. Abraham’s true children are those who become God’s children because of the promise he made to Abraham.

Genesis 22:9

When they came to the place where God told them to go, Abraham built an altar. He carefully laid the wood on the altar. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

Genesis 17:3

Then Abram bowed down before God. God said to him,

Genesis 15:18

So on that day the Lord made a promise and an agreement with Abram. He said, “I will give this land to your descendants. I will give them the land between the River of Egypt and the great river Euphrates.

Galatians 4:28

My brothers and sisters, you are children who were born because of God’s promise, just as Isaac was.

Deuteronomy 30:20

You must love the Lord your God and obey him. Never leave him, because he is your life. And he will give you a long life in the land that he, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Deuteronomy 6:10

“The Lord your God made a promise to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He promised to give you this land, and he will give it to you. He will give you great and rich cities that you did not build.

Deuteronomy 1:8

Look, I am giving you this land. Go and take it. It is the land that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I promised to give this land to them and to their descendants.’

Exodus 6:3

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They called me God All-Powerful. They did not know my name, the Lord.

Genesis 33:20

He built an altar there to honor God. He named the place “El, the God of Israel.”

Genesis 28:13

And then Jacob saw the Lord standing by the ladder. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. I will give you the land that you are lying on now. I will give this land to you and to your children.

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land, and I will be with you. I will bless you. I will give you and your family all these lands. I will do what I promised to Abraham your father.

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals and burned them on the altar as a gift to God.

Acts 7:5

But God did not give Abraham any of this land, not even a foot of it. But God promised that in the future he would give Abraham this land for himself and for his children. This was before Abraham had any children.

Hebrews 11:8

God called Abraham to travel to another place that he promised to give him. Abraham did not know where that other place was. But he obeyed God and started traveling because he had faith.

Genesis 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from my homeland to this place. That place was the home of my father and the home of my family, but he promised that this new land would belong to my family. May he send his angel before you so that you can choose a wife for my son.

Exodus 6:4

I made an agreement with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. They lived in that land, but it was not their own.

Exodus 32:13

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. These men served you, and you used your name to make a promise to them. You said, ‘I will make your people as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your people all this land as I promised. This land will be theirs forever.’”

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take their land, but not because you are good and live right. You are going in, and the Lord your God is forcing those people out because of the evil way they lived. And the Lord wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 34:4

The Lord said to Moses, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I said to them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants. I have let you see the land, but you cannot go there.’”

1 Chronicles 16:16

Remember the agreement he made with Abraham Remember his promise to Isaac.

Genesis 13:17

So go. Walk through your land. I now give it to you.”

Genesis 28:4

and that God will bless you and your children the same way he blessed Abraham. And I pray that you will own the land where you live. This is the land God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 35:7

Jacob built an altar there. He named the place “El Bethel.” Jacob chose this name because that is the place where God first appeared to him when he was running from his brother.

Genesis 35:12

I gave Abraham and Isaac some special land. Now I give the land to you and to all your people who will live after you.”

Genesis 50:24

When Joseph was near death, he said to his brothers, “My time to die is almost here. But I know that God will take care of you and lead you out of this country. God will lead you to the land he promised to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Exodus 17:15

Then Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord is My Flag.”

Exodus 24:4

So Moses wrote down all the commands of the Lord. The next morning he got up and built an altar near the bottom of the mountain. And he set up twelve stones—one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Numbers 26:53

“The land will be divided and given to these people. Each tribe will get enough land for all the people who were counted.

Joshua 1:6

“Joshua, you must be strong and brave! You must lead these people so that they can take their land. I promised their fathers that I would give them this land.

Joshua 8:30

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

Joshua 22:10

They went to the place called Geliloth, near the Jordan River in the land of Canaan. There they built a beautiful altar.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it “The Lord is Peace.” It still stands in the city of Ophrah, where the Abiezer family lives.

1 Samuel 7:17

But Samuel always went back to his home in Ramah. There he built an altar to the Lord and judged Israel.

2 Samuel 24:25

Then David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. The Lord answered his prayer for the country. He stopped the disease in Israel.

1 Kings 18:32

Elijah used these stones to repair the altar to honor the Lord. He dug a small ditch around the altar. It was wide enough and deep enough to hold about 4 gallons of water.

1 Chronicles 16:18

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

2 Chronicles 20:7

You are our God! You forced the people living in this land to leave. You did this in front of your people Israel. You gave this land to the descendants of Abraham forever. Abraham was your friend.

2 Chronicles 20:11

But see the kind of reward those people give us for not destroying them. They have come to force us out of your land that you gave to us.

Ezra 3:2

Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and the priests with him, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and the people with him, built the altar of the God of Israel. They built the altar of the God of Israel so that they could offer sacrifices on it. They built it just as it says in the Law of Moses. Moses was God’s special servant.

Jeremiah 3:18

In those days the family of Judah will join the family of Israel. They will come together from a land in the north to the land I gave to their ancestors.”