God's Promise to Isaac
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There was a famine in the land, besides a the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to b Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
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Then the LORD appeared to him and said: c "Do not go down to Egypt; live in d the land of which I shall tell you.
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e "Dwell in this land, and f I will be with you and g bless you; for to you and your descendants h I give all these lands, and I will perform i the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
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"And j I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; k and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
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l "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."
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Genesis 12:10
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.
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Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2
Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
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Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 18:1
Then the LORD appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 35:9
Then God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him.
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Genesis 12:1
Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.
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Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
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Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
Genesis 28:15
"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
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Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
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Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:15
For all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 15:18
On the same 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, the River Euphrates -
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Genesis 22:16
And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
Psalms 105:9
The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
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Genesis 15:5
Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be.
Genesis 22:17
Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Exodus 32:13
"Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
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Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 22:18
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
Galatians 3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed.
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Genesis 22:16
And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
Genesis 22:18
"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
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