Acts 7:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and{G2532} he gave{G1325} him{G846} none{G3756} inheritance{G2817} in{G1722} it,{G846} no, not{G3761} so much as to set{G968} his foot{G4228} on:{G4228} and{G2532} he promised{G1861} that he would give{G1325} it{G1325} to him{G846} in{G1519} possession,{G2697} and{G2532} to his{G846} seed{G4690} after{G3326} him,{G846} when [as yet] he{G846} had{G5607} no{G3756} child.{G5043}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} he gave{G1325}{(G5656)} him{G846} none{G3756} inheritance{G2817} in{G1722} it{G846}, no, not{G3761} so much as to set{G968} his foot{G4228} on{G968}: yet{G2532} he promised{G1861}{(G5662)} that he would give{G1325}{(G5629)} it{G846} to him{G846} for{G1519} a possession{G2697}, and{G2532} to his{G846} seed{G4690} after{G3326} him{G846}, when as yet he{G846} had{G5607}{(G5752)} no{G3756} child{G5043}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and he gave him none inheritaunce in it no not the bredeth of a fote: but promised yt he wolde geve it to him to possesse and to his seed after him when as yet he had no chylde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and gaue him no enheritauce therin, no not ye bredth of a fote: and promysed him, that he wolde geue it him to possesse, and to his sede after him, whan as yet he had no childe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he gaue hym none inheritaunce in it, no not the breadth of a foote: and promised that he woulde geue it to hym to possesse, and to his seede after hym, when as yet he had no chylde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when `as yet' he had no child.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:7 : 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land you see, I will give to you and your descendants forever.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 On that 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 Euphrates River—
  • Gen 26:3 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.
  • Gen 28:13-15 : 13 And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.' 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed. 15 Look, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, because I will not leave you until I have done everything I promised you.
  • Exod 6:7-8 : 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.' 8 'And I will bring you to the land that I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'
  • Deut 2:5 : 5 Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'
  • Deut 6:10-11 : 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build, 11 with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied.
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are entering to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, and to fulfill the promise the LORD swore to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Deut 10:11 : 11 Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, set out ahead of the people so that they may go and take possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give to them.'
  • Deut 11:9 : 9 And so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey.
  • Deut 34:4 : 4 Then the Lord said to him, 'This is the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your descendants. I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross over into it.'
  • Neh 9:8 : 8 You found his heart faithful before You, and You made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. And You have kept Your promise because You are righteous.
  • Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations. 9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. 11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.' 12 When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in the land.
  • Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
  • Gen 16:2 : 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.
  • Gen 15:2-5 : 2 Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir." 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."
  • Gen 17:16-19 : 16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her. 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!" 19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 7:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    2 Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.

    3 'He said to him, 'Leave your country and your relatives and come to the land that I will show you.'

    4 So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him to this land where you are now living.

  • Acts 7:6
    75%

    6 God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Gen 15:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2 Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

    3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir."

    4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."

    5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."

  • Ps 105:11
    74%

    11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.'

  • Gen 15:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."

    8 But Abram said, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?"

  • Gen 35:12
    73%

    12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and I will also give it to your descendants after you.

  • Heb 11:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

  • Gen 28:4
    72%

    4 May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.

  • Gen 17:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  • Gen 12:7
    71%

    7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

  • 1 Chr 16:18
    71%

    18 He said, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."

  • Heb 7:6
    71%

    6 But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

  • Gal 3:18
    71%

    18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

  • Gen 13:15
    70%

    15 For all the land you see, I will give to you and your descendants forever.

  • Gen 25:5
    70%

    5 Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.

  • Gen 26:3
    70%

    3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

  • Gen 13:17
    70%

    17 Arise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.

  • Rom 4:13
    70%

    13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Acts 7:17
    69%

    17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise He had made to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

  • Rom 9:7
    69%

    7 Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, 'Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.'

  • Deut 2:5
    69%

    5 Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'

  • Heb 6:13
    69%

    13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Deut 1:8
    69%

    8 See, I have set the land before you. Go and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.

  • Gen 28:13
    69%

    13 And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.'

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

    4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as strangers.

  • Josh 14:3
    68%

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

  • Heb 7:10
    68%

    10 For he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

  • Num 27:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

    11 If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, and they shall possess it. This shall be a legal statute for the Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Exod 32:13
    68%

    13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'

  • Gen 15:18
    68%

    18 On that 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 Euphrates River—

  • Josh 24:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3 But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.

    4 And to Isaac, I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

  • Acts 13:19
    68%

    19 And after He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave their land to them as an inheritance.

  • Neh 9:8
    68%

    8 You found his heart faithful before You, and You made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. And You have kept Your promise because You are righteous.

  • Heb 11:18
    68%

    18 even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Gal 3:16
    68%

    16 Now to Abraham the promises were spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if referring to many, but, 'and to your seed,' meaning one, who is Christ.

  • Deut 10:9
    68%

    9 That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their brothers; the LORD Himself is their inheritance, as He promised them.

  • Acts 7:45
    68%

    45 Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David.

  • Ps 105:9
    68%

    9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.