Acts 7:5 Cross References

Acts 7:5

5: But God gave him no inheritance here, not even one square foot of land. God did promise, however, that eventually the whole country would belong to Abraham and his descendants--though he had no children yet.

Genesis 12:7

  1. Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I am going to give this land to your offspring. "And Abram built an altar there to commemorate the LORD's visit.

Genesis 17:8

  1. Yes, I will give all this land of Canaan to you and to your offspring forever. And I will be their God.

Genesis 15:18

  1. So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River--

Genesis 13:15

  1. I am going to give all this land to you and your offspring as a permanent possession.

Genesis 26:3

  1. Do as I say, and stay here in this land. If you do, I will be with you and bless you. I will give all this land to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

Nehemiah 9:8

  1. When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.

Genesis 15:2

  1. But Abram replied, "O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since I don't have a son, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
  2. You have given me no children, so one of my servants will have to be my heir."
  3. Then the LORD said to him, "No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own to inherit everything I am giving you."
  4. Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"

Genesis 23:4

  1. "Here I am, a stranger in a foreign land, with no place to bury my wife. Please let me have a piece of land for a burial plot."

Exodus 6:7

  1. I will make you my own special people, and I will be your God. And you will know that I am the LORD your God who has rescued you from your slavery in Egypt.
  2. I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It will be your very own property. I am the LORD!'"

Genesis 16:2

  1. and gave her to Abram so she could bear his children. "The LORD has kept me from having any children," Sarai said to Abram. "Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her." And Abram agreed.

Hebrews 11:9

  1. And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith--for he was like a foreigner, living in a tent. And so did Isaac and Jacob, to whom God gave the same promise.
  2. Abraham did this because he was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city designed and built by God.

Hebrews 11:13

  1. All these faithful ones died without receiving what God had promised them, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed the promises of God. They agreed that they were no more than foreigners and nomads here on earth.
  2. And obviously people who talk like that are looking forward to a country they can call their own.
  3. If they had meant the country they came from, they would have found a way to go back.
  4. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.

Genesis 28:13

  1. At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, "I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I will give it to you and your descendants.
  2. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
  3. What's more, I will be with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. I will someday bring you safely back to this land. I will be with you constantly until I have finished giving you everything I have promised."

Deuteronomy 10:11

  1. But the LORD said to me, `Get up and lead the people into the land I swore to give their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'

Deuteronomy 2:5

  1. Don't bother them, for I have given them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.

Deuteronomy 6:10

  1. "The LORD your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land filled with large, prosperous cities that you did not build.
  2. The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land,

Deuteronomy 34:4

  1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I told them I would give it to their descendants. I have now allowed you to see it, but you will not enter the land."

Deuteronomy 9:5

  1. It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Psalms 105:8

  1. He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
  2. This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
  3. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:
  4. "I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession."
  5. He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

Deuteronomy 11:9

  1. If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants--a land flowing with milk and honey!

Genesis 17:16

  1. And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings will be among her descendants!"
  2. Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. "How could I become a father at the age of one hundred?" he wondered. "Besides, Sarah is ninety; how could she have a baby?"
  3. And Abraham said to God, "Yes, may Ishmael enjoy your special blessing!"
  4. But God replied, "Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my everlasting covenant with him and his descendants.
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