Acts 7:5

New Century Version

God did not give Abraham any of this land, not even a foot of it. But God promised that he would give this land to him and his descendants, even before Abraham had a child.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

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

Genesis 13:15

All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.

Genesis 15:18

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

Genesis 16:2

Sarai said to Abram, “Look, the Lord has not allowed me to have children, so have sexual relations with my slave girl. If she has a child, maybe I can have my own family through her.” Abram did what Sarai said.

Genesis 17:8

You live in the land of Canaan now as a stranger, but I will give you and your descendants all this land forever. And I will be the God of your descendants.”

Genesis 23:4

“I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife.”

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I will give you and your descendants all these lands, and I will keep the oath I made to Abraham your father.

Nehemiah 9:8

You found him faithful to you, so you made an agreement with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. You have kept your promise, because you do what is right.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Human, people who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying: ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he was given the land as his own. Surely the land has been given to us, who are many, as our very own.’

Deuteronomy 10:11

The Lord said to me, “Go and lead the people so that they will go in and take the land I promised their ancestors.”

Deuteronomy 11:9

Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a fertile land.

Deuteronomy 2:5

Do not go to war against them. I will not give you any of their land—not even a foot of it, because I have given the mountains of Edom to Esau as his own.

Deuteronomy 34:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said to them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ I have let you look at it, Moses, but you will not cross over there.”

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take the land, not because you are good and honest, but because these nations are evil. That is why the Lord your God will force them out ahead of you, to keep his promise to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.