Genesis 28:4 Cross References

Genesis 28:4

4: May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where we now are foreigners, for God gave it to Abraham."

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.

Galatians 3:14

  1. Through the work of Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, and we Christians receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

Genesis 22:17

  1. I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
  2. and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."

Ephesians 1:3

  1. How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we belong to Christ.

Psalms 39:12

  1. Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cries for help! Don't ignore my tears. For I am your guest--a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.

Psalms 105:6

  1. O children of Abraham, God's servant, O descendants of Jacob, God's chosen one.
  2. He is the LORD our God. His rule is seen throughout the land.
  3. He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
  4. This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
  5. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:

Galatians 3:8

  1. What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."

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.
  3. It was by faith that Sarah together with Abraham was able to have a child, even though they were too old and Sarah was barren. Abraham believed that God would keep his promise.
  4. And so a whole nation came from this one man, Abraham, who was too old to have any children--a nation with so many people that, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.
  5. 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.

Genesis 15:5

  1. 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!"
  2. And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD declared him righteous because of his faith.
  3. Then the LORD told him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land."

Genesis 17:6

  1. I will give you millions of descendants who will represent many nations. Kings will be among them!
  2. "I will continue this everlasting covenant between us, generation after generation. It will continue between me and your offspring forever. And I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  3. Yes, I will give all this land of Canaan to you and to your offspring forever. And I will be their God.

Genesis 13:14

  1. After Lot was gone, the LORD said to Abram, "Look as far as you can see in every direction.
  2. I am going to give all this land to you and your offspring as a permanent possession.
  3. And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!
  4. Take a walk in every direction and explore the new possessions I am giving you."

Psalms 72:17

  1. May the king's name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.

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--
  2. the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
  3. Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
  4. Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."

Genesis 12:1

  1. Then the LORD told Abram, "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.
  2. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
  3. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Romans 4:7

  1. "Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.
  2. Yes, what joy for those whose sin is no longer counted against them by the Lord."
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