Genesis 28:13

New International Reader's Version

The Lord stood beside the stairway. He said, “I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your children after you the land you are lying on.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram at Shechem. He said, “I will give this land to your family who comes after you.” So Abram built an altar there to honor the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:15

I will give you all the land you see. I will give it forever to you and your family who comes after you.

Genesis 13:17

Go! Walk through the land. See how long and wide it is. I am giving it to you.”

Genesis 15:1

Some time later, Abram had a vision. The Lord said to him, “Abram, do not be afraid. I am like a shield to you. I am your very great reward.”

Genesis 15:18

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, “I am giving this land to your family who comes after you. It reaches from the River of Egypt to the great Euphrates River.

Genesis 26:24

That night the Lord appeared to him. He said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid. I am with you. I will bless you. I will increase the number of your children because of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 26:3

Stay there for a while. I will be with you and give you my blessing. I will give all these lands to you and your children after you. And I will keep my word that I gave to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:4

May he give you and your children after you the blessing he gave to Abraham. Then you can take over the land where you now live as an outsider. It’s the land God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel. That is where you poured olive oil on a sacred stone. There you made a promise to me. Now leave this land. Go back to your own land.’ ”

Genesis 31:42

But the God of my father was with me. He is the God of Abraham and the God Isaac worshiped. If he hadn’t been with me, you would surely have sent me away without anything to show for all my work. But God has seen my hard times. He has seen all the work my hands have done. So last night he warned you.”

Genesis 31:5

He said to them, “I see that your father’s feelings toward me have changed. But the God of my father has been with me.

Genesis 31:53

The God of Abraham and Nahor is also the God of their father. May their God decide which of us is right.” So Jacob made a promise using the name of the God his father Isaac worshiped.

Genesis 32:10

You have been very kind and faithful to me. But I’m not worthy of any of this. When I crossed this Jordan River, all I had was my walking stick. But now I’ve become two camps.

Genesis 32:9

Then Jacob prayed, “You are the God of my grandfather Abraham. You are the God of my father Isaac. Lord, you are the one who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives. Then I will give you success.’

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and live there. Build an altar there to honor me. That’s where I appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:12

I am giving you the land I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give it to your children after you.”

Genesis 35:15

Jacob named the place Bethel. That’s where God had talked with him.

Genesis 35:17

The woman who helped her saw that she was having problems. So she said to Rachel, “Don’t be afraid. You have another son.”

Genesis 46:3

“I am God. I am the God of your father,” he said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt. There I will make you into a great nation.

Genesis 48:3

Jacob said to Joseph, “The Mighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan. He blessed me there.

1 Chronicles 16:16

He will keep the covenant he made with Abraham. He will keep the promise he made to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:18

He said, “I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you.”

Psalm 105:11

He said, “I will give you the land of Canaan. It will belong to you.”

Exodus 2:24

God heard their groans. He remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Exodus 3:6

He continued, “I am the God of your father. I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard that, he turned his face away. He was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 4:5

The Lord said, “When they see this sign, they will believe that I appeared to you. I am the Lord, the God of their fathers. I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.”

Exodus 6:4

I also made my covenant with them. I promised to give them the land of Canaan. That is where they lived as outsiders.

Exodus 6:7

I will take you to be my own people. I will be your God. I throw off the load the Egyptians have put on your shoulders. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.

Ezekiel 28:25

The Lord and King says, “I will gather the people of Israel together from the nations where they have been scattered. That will prove that I am holy. I will let the nations see it. Then Israel will live in their own land. I gave it to my servant Jacob.

Amos 7:7

Then the Lord gave me a third vision. He was standing by a wall. It had been built very straight, all the way up and down. He was holding a plumb line.

Matthew 22:32

He said, ‘I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.’ (Exodus 3:6) He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living.”

Acts 7:5

God didn’t give him any property here. He didn’t even give him enough land to set his foot on. But God made a promise to him and to all his family after him. He said they would possess the land. The promise was made even though at that time Abraham had no child.

Deuteronomy 1:8

I have given you all this land. Go in and take it as your own. The Lord promised he would give the land to your fathers. He promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He also said he would give it to their children after them.”

Deuteronomy 34:4

Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your children and their children.’ Moses, I have let you see it with your own eyes. But you will not go across the Jordan River to enter it.”

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are not going in to take over their land because you have done what is right or honest. It’s because those nations are so evil. That’s why the Lord your God will drive them out to make room for you. He will do what he said he would do. He made a promise to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, they longed for a better country. They wanted a heavenly one. So God is pleased when they call him their God. In fact, he has prepared a city for them.