Genesis 12:7

The Passion Translation

Then Yahweh appeared before Abram and said, “This is the land I will personally deliver to your seed.” So Abram erected an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared before him.

Cross References

Galatians 3:16

Remember the royal proclamation God spoke over Abraham and to Abraham’s child? God said that his promises were made to pass on to Abraham’s “Child,” not children. And who is this “Child?” It’s the Son of promise, Christ himself!

Genesis 17:8

I will give to you and your seed the land to which you have migrated. The entire land of Canaan will be yours and your descendants’ as an everlasting possession. And I will be their God forever!”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said, “I am the God who is more than enough. Live your life in my presence and be blameless.

Genesis 18:1

Yahweh appeared once again to Abraham while he lived by the oak grove of Mamre. During the hottest part of the day, as Abraham sat at his tent door,

Genesis 13:15

As far as you can see in every direction is the land that I will give to you forever—to you and your seed.

Genesis 13:4

This was the place he had first built an altar to pray and worship Yahweh.

Genesis 13:18

Abram moved his camp and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built another altar to Yahweh.

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named the place Penuel, saying, “I have seen God face-to-face, yet my life has been spared!”

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar, prayed, and worshiped Yahweh there. He pitched his tent there, and his servants started digging another well.

Genesis 12:8

From there, he journeyed on toward the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built another altar to Yahweh where he prayed and worshiped Yahweh.

Hebrews 11:13

These heroes all died still clinging to their faith, not even receiving all that had been promised them. But they saw beyond the horizon the fulfillment of their promises and gladly embraced it from afar. They all lived their lives on earth as those who belonged to another realm.

Romans 9:8

This confirms that it is not merely the natural offspring of Abraham who are considered the children of God; rather, the children born because of God’s promise are counted as descendants.

Genesis 22:9

When they arrived at the place on Mount Moriah that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar and stacked the wood on it. He tied up his son Isaac and laid him on top of the wood on the altar.

Genesis 17:3

Then Abram fell on his face in awe before God, and God said to him,

Genesis 15:18

On that day, Yahweh entered into covenant with Abram: “I have given this land to your descendants, from the Egyptian border to the great river Euphrates,

Galatians 4:28

Dear friends, just like Isaac, we’re now the true children who inherit the kingdom promises.

Genesis 33:20

There he set up an altar and named it To the True God, the God of Israel.

Genesis 28:13

And Yahweh stood beside him and said to him, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. You are lying on the very ground that I will give to you and your descendants.

Genesis 26:3

Live there as a foreigner, and my presence will be with you. I promise to bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and your descendants. I will fulfill the oath I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 8:20

Noah erected an altar dedicated to Yahweh. Then he selected ritually clean animals and birds of every species and offered them as burnt sacrifices on the altar.

Acts 7:5

Although God gave him no parcel of land he could call his own, not even a footprint, yet he promised Abraham that he and his descendants would one day have it all. And even though as yet Abraham had no child,

Hebrews 11:8

Faith motivated Abraham to obey God’s call and leave the familiar to discover the territory he was destined to inherit from God. So he left with only a promise and without even knowing ahead of time where he was going, Abraham stepped out in faith.

Genesis 24:7

For Yahweh, the God of heaven, took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth. He spoke to me and solemnly promised that he would give this land to my descendants. I know he will send his angel before you so that you can find a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 13:17

Now, get up and walk through the land—its length and its breadth. All the land you walk upon will be my gift to you!”

Genesis 28:4

May he impart to you and your seed the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you now live as a foreigner—the land God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel, because it was the place that God had unveiled himself when Jacob was running from his brother.

Genesis 35:12

I will give you the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, and after you are gone, to your descendants.”

Genesis 50:24

Then Joseph declared to his brothers, “I will die one day, but God will certainly come to you and fulfill his promises to bring you and your descendants from this land and lead you to the land he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Joshua 1:6

You must be strong and brave. You will lead the people to acquire and apportion the land that I promised their ancestors I would give them.

Joshua 8:30

Afterward, Joshua built near Mount Ebal a stone altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Joshua 22:10

On their way home, the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh came to the town of Geliloth near the Jordan River. So they built their own large, impressive altar there.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to Yahweh there and named it “In Yahweh there is Peace.” (The altar is still standing at Ophrah, which belongs to the clan of Abiezer.)

Jeremiah 3:18

In those days, the nation of Judah will unite with the nation of Israel. And together, they will return from the northern lands to the land that I gave your ancestors as your own inheritance.”