The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
Genesis 26:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Dwell temporarily in this land, and I will be with you and will favor you with blessings; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. American Standard Version (1901) sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; Common English Bible Stay in this land as an immigrant, and I will be with you and bless you because I will give all of these lands to you and your descendants. I will keep my word, which I gave to your father Abraham. Catholic Public Domain Version and sojourn in it, and I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions, completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father. |
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your offspring , I will give this land.’ So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
for I will give you and your offspring for ever all the land that you see.
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.’
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates:
But God said, ‘No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.
And to you and your future offspring , I will give the land where you are residing #– #all the land of Canaan #– #as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.’
From there Abraham travelled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundred times what was sown. The Lord blessed him,
He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were envious of him.
and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.’
The Lord was standing there beside him, saying, ‘I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.
Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’
The Lord said to him, ‘Go back to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.’
I will give to you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. And I will give the land to your future descendants.’
The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favour with the prison warden.
Israel said to Joseph, ‘Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’
God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
He answered, ‘I will certainly be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I am the one who sent you: when you bring the people out of Egypt, you will all worship God at this mountain.’
I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land they lived in as foreigners.
I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the forced labour of the Egyptians.
I will bring you to the land that I swore , to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flame will not burn you.
Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west.
You will show loyalty to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, as you swore to our ancestors from days long ago.
God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfil?
See, I have set the land before you. Enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their future descendants.”
The Lord then said to him, ‘This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “I will give it to your descendants.” I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.’
Do what you have learned and received and heard from me, and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise.
Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,