Exodus 6:8

New American Bible - revised edition

and I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession—I, the Lord!

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom: “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the Euphrates,

Genesis 26:3

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands, in fulfillment of the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:13

And there was the Lord standing beside him and saying: I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying I will give to you and your descendants.

Genesis 35:12

The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you; and to your descendants after you I will give the land.

Nehemiah 9:15

Food from heaven you gave them in their hunger, water from a rock you sent them in their thirst. You told them to enter and occupy the land which you had sworn to give them.

Exodus 13:5

Therefore, when the Lord, your God, has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perrizites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you will perform the following service in this month.

Exodus 32:13

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.’”

Exodus 6:2

Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him: I am the Lord.

Exodus 6:4

I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they were residing as aliens.

Exodus 6:6

Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the Lord. I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and will deliver you from their slavery. I will redeem you by my outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Ezekiel 20:15

Nevertheless in the wilderness I swore to them that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, a jewel among all the lands.

Ezekiel 20:23

Nevertheless I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them in other lands,

Ezekiel 20:28

When I brought them to the land I had sworn to give them, and they saw all its high hills and leafy trees, there they offered sacrifices, there they made offerings to provoke me, there they sent up sweet-smelling oblations, there they poured out their libations.

Ezekiel 20:42

Thus you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you back to the soil of Israel, the land I swore to give your ancestors.

Ezekiel 36:7

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I raise my hand and swear: the nations around you shall bear their own reproach.

Ezekiel 47:14

You shall apportion it equally because I swore to give it to your ancestors as a heritage; this land, then, is your heritage.

Numbers 10:29

Moses said to Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place concerning which the Lord has said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will be generous toward you, for the Lord has promised prosperity to Israel.”

Numbers 11:12

Was it I who conceived all this people? or was it I who gave them birth, that you tell me to carry them at my breast, like a nurse carrying an infant, to the land you have promised under oath to their fathers?

Numbers 14:30

not one of you shall enter the land where I solemnly swore to settle you, except Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being who speaks falsely, nor a mortal, who feels regret. Is God one to speak and not act, to decree and not bring it to pass?

Deuteronomy 32:40

For I raise my hand to the heavens and will say: As surely as I live forever,

Deuteronomy 4:31

Since the Lord, your God, is a merciful God, he will not abandon or destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.

Joshua 24:13

I gave you a land you did not till and cities you did not build, to dwell in; you ate of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

Revelation 10:6

and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them, “There shall be no more delay.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Glory of Israel neither deceives nor repents, for he is not a mortal who repents.”