1 Chronicles 16:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

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  • Gen 35:11-12 : 11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring; 12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.
  • Exod 3:17 : 17 And I have said, I will take you up out of the sorrows of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
  • Josh 24:11-13 : 11 Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands. 12 And I sent the hornet before you, driving out the two kings of the Amorites before you, not with your sword and your bow. 13 And I gave you a land on which you had done no work, and towns not of your building, and you are now living in them; and your food comes from vine-gardens and olive-gardens not of your planting.
  • 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?
  • Ps 78:10 : 10 They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Jer 11:2 : 2 Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

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    8 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

    9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

    10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

    11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

  • 1 Chr 16:15-16
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    15 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

    16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • 1 Chr 16:18
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    18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

  • Exod 6:4
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    4 And I made an agreement with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their wanderings.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

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    5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

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    7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

    9 And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

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    16 And the children of Israel are to keep the Sabbath holy, from generation to generation, by an eternal agreement.

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    19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.

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    4 For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

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    12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

    13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

    14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;

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    13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.

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    20 You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.

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    17 And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

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    4 Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob.

  • Lev 26:42
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    42 Then I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.

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    22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • Deut 26:18
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    18 And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

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    60 But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.

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    21 And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

    22 Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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    3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

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    12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

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    12 And gave their land for a heritage, even for a heritage to Israel his people.

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    17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

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    24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

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    4 For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property.

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    27 And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing; for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.

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    28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

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    8 And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.

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    62 And I will make my agreement with you; and you will be certain that I am the Lord:

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    4 And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

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    16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

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    5 Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

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    19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

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    2 The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.

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    8 You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:

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    18 In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: