Genesis 12:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

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  • Gen 17:8 : 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.
  • Gen 18:1 : 1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
  • Ps 105:9-9 : 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: 12 When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.
  • Gen 13:4 : 4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
  • Gen 26:25 : 25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
  • Exod 33:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt, to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it.
  • Num 32:11 : 11 Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.
  • Gen 15:18 : 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:
  • Gen 22:9 : 9 And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.
  • Gen 26:3 : 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;
  • Deut 1:8 : 8 See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.
  • Deut 6:10 : 10 And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;
  • Deut 30:20 : 20 In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
  • Gen 17:3 : 3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.
  • Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
  • Gal 4:28 : 28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

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  • Gen 12:8
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    8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 13:17-18
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    17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

    18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • Gen 12:6
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    6 And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

  • Gen 28:13
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    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Gen 35:12
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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.

  • Gen 12:1-2
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    1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

    2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

  • Gen 13:14-15
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    14 And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

    15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

  • Gen 15:7-8
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    7 And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

    8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

  • Gen 26:2-3
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    2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

    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;

  • Gen 13:3-4
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    3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

    4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 17:7-9
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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.

  • Gen 15:18
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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:

  • Gen 24:7
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    7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

  • Acts 7:2-3
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    2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

    3 And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.

  • Gen 26:24
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    24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

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    1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

  • Gen 15:1-3
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    1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

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    3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

  • Gen 17:1-3
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    1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

    3 And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

  • Gen 28:4
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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.

  • Exod 32:13
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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.

  • Gen 22:14
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    14 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.

  • Josh 24:3
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    3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.