Exodus 6:4

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“I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.”

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BSBPD

“I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 6:4 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
  2. Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  3. Genesis 15:13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  4. Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  5. Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
  6. Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  7. Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
  8. Genesis 17:13Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
  9. Genesis 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
  10. Genesis 26:3Stay 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.
  11. Genesis 28:4And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
  12. Genesis 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
  13. Exodus 6:8And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
  14. Exodus 13:4Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
  15. Exodus 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
  16. 2 Samuel 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
  17. Psalms 105:11“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”
  18. Psalms 105:12When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
  19. Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
  20. Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

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