Genesis 12:7
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7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said: To your descendants I will give this land. So Abram built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.(A)
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Matthew 5:5
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Luke 1:55
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55 according to his promise to our fathers,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”(A)
Luke 1:73
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73 and of the oath he swore to Abraham our father,(A)
and to grant us that,
Acts 7:5
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5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but he did promise to give it to him and his descendants as a possession, even though he was childless.(A)
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Romans 4:13
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Inheritance Through Faith. 13 It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.(A)
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Galatians 3:16
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16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant.[a] It does not say, “And to descendants,” as referring to many, but as referring to one, “And to your descendant,” who is Christ.(A)
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