Joshua 24:3-4

The Covenant Renewal at Shechem

3 h Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and i led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. j I gave him Isaac. 4 And to Isaac I gave k Jacob and Esau. l And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, m but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 12:1 - 5
    Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
    Acts 7:2 - 4
    And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 12:6
    Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 21:2 - 3
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 25:24 - 26
    When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 36:8
    So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. ( Esau is Edom.)
    Deuteronomy 2:5
    Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 46:1
    So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
    Genesis 46:6
    They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him.
    Acts 7:15
    And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers.
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