Genesis 13:15

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“for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.”

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BSBPD

“for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed--to the age.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 13:15 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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—
  3. 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.
  4. Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
  5. Genesis 24:7The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.”
  8. 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.
  9. Genesis 35:12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
  10. Genesis 48:4and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
  11. Exodus 33:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
  12. Numbers 34:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
  13. Numbers 34:12Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
  14. Deuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
  15. Deuteronomy 34:4And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
  16. 1 Chronicles 16:18‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’
  17. 2 Chronicles 20:7Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
  18. Nehemiah 9:7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
  19. Psalms 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
  20. Psalms 37:29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
  21. Psalms 105:9the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
  22. Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  23. Isaiah 63:18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
  24. Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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