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God Renews the Promise to Abram

Genesis 13:15

In 11 translations

BSB
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Cited in Galatians 3:16
KJV
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
WEB
for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
ASV
for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
LSV
for the whole of the land which you are seeing, I give it to you and to your Seed for all time.
YLT
for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.
DBY
for all the land that thou seest will I give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
DRC
All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever.
GNV
For all the land, which thou seest, will I giue vnto thee and to thy seede for euer,
JPS
for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
LXXE
for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֧י אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לְךָ֣ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
LXX-Br
ὅτι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, ἣν σὺ ὁρᾷς, σοὶ δώσω αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου ἕως αἰῶνος.

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◆ Abraham and Lot Separate

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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?
  • 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—
  • 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.
  • Psalms 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
  • 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.
  • 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.”
  • Psalms 37:29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
  • Nehemiah 9:7–8You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the…
  • Psalms 105:9–12the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”…
  • 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…
  • 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:
  • Matthew 5:5Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
  • 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.”
  • Numbers 34:12–29Then 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.” So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The…
  • Genesis 26:3–4Stay 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. I will make your…
  • 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.’

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