And He saidto him, "I am the LORDwhobroughtyou out of Urof the Chaldeans,to giveyou thislandto possessit."
Now the LORDsaidto Abram,"Goforth from your country,And from your relativesAnd from your father'shouse,To the landwhichI will showyou;
The LORDappearedto Abramand said,"To your descendantsI will givethisland."So he builtan altarthereto the LORDwho had appearedto him.
"May He also giveyou the blessingof Abraham,to you and to your descendantswith you, that you may possessthe landof your sojournings,whichGodgaveto Abraham."
Josephsaidto his brothers,"I am about to die,but Godwill surelytakecareof you and bringyou up from thislandto the landwhichHe promisedon oathto Abraham,to Isaacand to Jacob."
Saying,"To you I will givethe landof CanaanAs the portionof your inheritance,"
For He rememberedHis holyword[With] AbrahamHis servant;
He gavethem also the landsof the nations,That they might takepossessionof [the fruit of] the peoples'labor,
"RememberAbraham,Isaac,and Israel,Your servantsto whomYou sworeby Yourself, and saidto them, 'I will multiplyyour descendantsas the starsof the heavens,and allthislandof whichI have spokenI will giveto your descendants,and they shall inherit[it] forever.'"
and you shall takepossessionof the landand livein it, for I have giventhe landto you to possessit.
For the promiseto Abrahamorto his descendantsthat he would be heirof the worldwas not throughthe Law,but throughthe righteousnessof faith.
"Then I commandedyou at that time,saying,The LORDyour Godhas givenyou thislandto possessit; allyou valiantmenshall crossoverarmedbeforeyour brothers,the sonsof Israel.
"It is not for your righteousnessor for the uprightnessof your heartthat you are goingto possesstheir land,but [it is] becauseof the wickednessof thesenations[that] the LORDyour Godis drivingthem out beforeyou, in orderto confirmthe oathwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathers,to Abraham,Isaacand Jacob.
