Genesis 24:7

New Century Version

The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, “I will give this land to your descendants.’ The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.

Cross References

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 16:7

The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the desert, by the road to Shur.

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 21:17

God heard the boy crying, and God’s angel called to Hagar from heaven. He said, “What is wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid! God has heard the boy crying there.

Genesis 22:11

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham answered, “Yes.”

Genesis 24:3

Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don’t get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

Genesis 24:40

But he said, ‘I serve the Lord, who will send his angel with you and will help you. You will get a wife for my son from my family and my father’s people.

Genesis 26:24

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my servant Abraham.”

Ezra 1:2

This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me, and he has appointed me to build a Temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.

Psalm 103:20

You who are his angels, praise the Lord. You are the mighty warriors who do what he says and who obey his voice.

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love continues forever.

Psalm 32:8

The Lord says, “I will make you wise and show you where to go. I will guide you and watch over you.

Psalm 34:7

The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear God, and he saves them.

Psalm 73:24

You guide me with your advice, and later you will receive me in honor.

Exodus 13:5

The Lord will lead you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. This is the land he promised your ancestors he would give you, a fertile land. There you must celebrate this feast during the first month of every year.

Exodus 32:13

Remember the men who served you—Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You promised with an oath to them and said, ‘I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky. I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised them, and it will be theirs forever.’ ”

Exodus 33:2

I will send an angel to lead you, and I will force these people out of the land: the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Isaiah 63:9

When they suffered, he suffered also. He sent his own angel to save them. Because of his love and kindness, he saved them. Since long ago he has picked them up and carried them.

Daniel 2:44

“During the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up another kingdom that will never be destroyed or given to another group of people. This kingdom will crush all the other kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will continue forever.

Jonah 1:9

Then Jonah said to them, “I am a Hebrew. I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”

Numbers 11:12

I am not the father of all these people, and I didn’t give birth to them. So why do you make me carry them to the land you promised to our ancestors? Must I carry them in my arms as a nurse carries a baby?

Numbers 14:16

‘The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he promised them. So he killed them in the desert.’

Numbers 14:30

Not one of you will enter the land where I promised you would live; only Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun will go in.

Numbers 32:11

‘None of the people who came from Egypt and who are twenty years old or older will see the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These people have not followed me completely.

Acts 7:5

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.

Deuteronomy 1:8

See, I have given you this land, so go in and take it for yourselves. The Lord promised it to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants.”

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.”

Hebrews 1:14

All the angels are spirits who serve God and are sent to help those who will receive salvation.

Hebrews 11:9

It was by faith that he lived like a foreigner in the country God promised to give him. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had received that same promise from God.

Joshua 1:6

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

Joshua 24:3

But I, the Lord, took your ancestor Abraham from the other side of the river and led him through the land of Canaan. And I gave him many children, including his son Isaac.

Revelation 11:13

In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city was destroyed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and those who did not die were very afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Judges 2:1

The angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you to the land I promised to give your ancestors. I said, ‘I will never break my agreement with you.