And the Lord (A)appeared to Abram and said, “(B)To your [a]descendants I will give this land.” So he built (C)an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.

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  1. Genesis 12:7 Lit seed

18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

(A)To your [a]descendants I have given this land,
From (B)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Lit seed

18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(B) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(C) to the great river, the Euphrates(D)

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or river

“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And you will be the father of a (A)multitude of nations.

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“As for me, this is my covenant with you:(A) You will be the father of many nations.(B)

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I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your [a]descendants after you throughout their generations as an (A)everlasting covenant, (B)to be God to you and (C)to your [b]descendants after you.

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  1. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 17:7 Lit seed

I will establish my covenant(A) as an everlasting covenant(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(C) and the God of your descendants after you.(D)

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Live for a time in this land and (A)I will be with you and (B)bless you, for (C)to you and to your [a]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish (D)the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. (E)I will multiply your [b]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [c]descendants all these lands; and (F)by your [d]descendants all the nations of the earth [e]shall be blessed,

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  1. Genesis 26:3 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  3. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 26:4 Lit seed
  5. Genesis 26:4 Or bless themselves

Stay in this land for a while,(A) and I will be with you(B) and will bless you.(C) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(D) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(E) I will make your descendants(F) as numerous as the stars in the sky(G) and will give them all these lands,(H) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](I)

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  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

May He also give you the (A)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your [a]descendants with you, so that you may (B)possess the land where you (C)live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”

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  1. Genesis 28:4 Lit seed

May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(A) so that you may take possession of the land(B) where you now reside as a foreigner,(C) the land God gave to Abraham.”

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13 Then behold, (A)the Lord was standing [a]above it and said, “I am the Lord, (B)the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give (C)to you and to (D)your [b]descendants.

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  1. Genesis 28:13 Or beside him
  2. Genesis 28:13 Lit seed

13 There above it[a] stood the Lord,(A) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.(B) I will give you and your descendants the land(C) on which you are lying.(D)

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  1. Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him