Genesis 17:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.

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  • Gen 12:7 : 7 And the Lord appeared vnto Abram, and said, Vnto thy seede will I giue this land; there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, which appeared vnto him.
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land, which thou seest, will I giue vnto thee and to thy seede for euer,
  • Lev 26:12 : 12 Also I will walke among you, and I wil be your God, and ye shalbe my people.
  • Ps 105:11 : 11 Saying, Vnto thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.
  • Ps 105:9 : 9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:
  • Deut 29:13 : 13 For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.
  • Gen 13:17 : 17 Arise, walke through the land, in ye length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will giue it vnto thee.
  • Gen 28:4 : 4 And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
  • Exod 6:7 : 7 Also I will take you for my people, & will be your God: then ye shall knowe that I the Lord your God bring you out from the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Gen 48:4 : 4 And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.
  • Gen 15:7-9 : 7 Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it. 8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it? 9 Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon. 10 So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, & laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not. 11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away. 12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him. 13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: & they shall intreate them euill. 14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. 15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age. 16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: & behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces. 18 In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, 21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.
  • Exod 40:15 : 15 And shalt anoynt them as thou diddest anoynt their father, that they may minister vnto mee in the Priestes office: for their anoynting shall be a signe, that the Priesthood shall be euerlasting vnto them throughout their generations.
  • Num 25:13 : 13 And he shal haue it, and his seede after him, euen the couenant of the priestes office for euer, because he was zealous for his God, & hath made an atonement for the children of Israel.
  • Deut 4:37 : 37 And because hee loued thy fathers, therefore hee chose their seede after them, and hath brought thee out of Egypt in his sight by his mightie power,
  • Deut 14:2 : 2 For thou art an holy people vnto ye Lorde thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all the people that are vpon the earth.
  • Deut 26:18 : 18 And the Lorde hath set thee vp this day, to be a precious people vnto him (as hee hath promised thee) and that thou shouldest keepe all his commandements,
  • 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 For so shall not mine house be with God: for he hath made with me an euerlasting couenant, perfite in all pointes, and sure: therefore all mine health and whole desire is, that he will not make it growe so.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But the louing kindnesse of the Lord endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare him, and his righteousnes vpon childrens children,
  • Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause is he the Mediatour of the newe Testament, that through death which was for the redemption of the transgressions that were in the former Testament, they which were called, might receiue the promise of eternall inheritance.
  • Lev 16:34 : 34 And this shalbe an euerlasting ordinance vnto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sinnes once a yeere: and as the Lord commanded Moses, he did.
  • Deut 32:8 : 8 When the most hie God deuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, he appoynted the borders of the people, according to the nomber of the children of Israel.
  • Exod 21:6 : 6 Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, & set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.
  • Exod 31:16-17 : 16 Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant. 17 It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lorde made the heauen and the earth, & in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Gen 17:4-7
    4 verses
    87%

    4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

    5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

    6Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.

    7Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

  • Gen 35:12
    84%

    12Also I will giue the lande, which I gaue to Abraham and Izhak, vnto thee: and vnto thy seede after thee will I giue that land.

  • Gen 13:15-17
    3 verses
    84%

    15For all the land, which thou seest, will I giue vnto thee and to thy seede for euer,

    16And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.

    17Arise, walke through the land, in ye length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will giue it vnto thee.

  • Gen 17:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

    10This is my couenant which ye shall keepe betweene me & you, & thy seede after thee, Let euery man childe among you be circumcised:

  • Gen 28:4
    83%

    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

    4Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,

  • 1 Chr 16:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

    18Saying, To thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.

  • Exod 6:4
    79%

    4Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:

  • Gen 48:4
    79%

    4And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

  • Ps 105:11
    79%

    11Saying, Vnto thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.

  • Gen 28:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

    13And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

    14And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Exod 32:13
    77%

    13Remember Abraham, Izhak, and Israel thy seruants, to whom thou swarest by thine owne selfe, and saydest vnto them, I wil multiply your seede, as the starres of the heauen, & all this land, that I haue spoken of, wil I giue vnto your seede, and they shal inherit it for euer.

  • Deut 1:8
    76%

    8Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in and possesse that land which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue vnto them and to their seede after them.

  • Exod 6:8
    76%

    8And I will bring you into the land which I sware that I woulde giue to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, and I will giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord.

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

    18And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

  • Gen 12:7
    76%

    7And the Lord appeared vnto Abram, and said, Vnto thy seede will I giue this land; there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, which appeared vnto him.

  • Gen 17:2
    76%

    2And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

  • Gen 17:19
    76%

    19Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

  • Gen 15:18
    75%

    18In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

  • Gen 15:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.

    8And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?

  • Josh 24:3
    74%

    3And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.

  • Gen 12:2
    73%

    2And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.

  • Gen 18:18
    73%

    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Ezek 36:28
    73%

    28And ye shall dwell in the land, that I gaue to your fathers, and ye shalbe my people, & I will be your God.

  • 2 Chr 20:7
    73%

    7Diddest not thou our God cast out ye inhabitants of this lande before thy people Israel, and gauest it to the seede of Abraham thy friende for euer?

  • Neh 9:8
    73%

    8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a couenant with him, to giue vnto his seede the lande of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, and Perizzites, and Iebusites, and Girgashites, and hast performed thy wordes, because thou art iust.

  • Jer 7:7
    72%

    7Then will I let you dwell in this place in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.

  • Num 33:53
    72%

    53And ye shall possesse the lande and dwell therein: for I haue giue you ye land to possesse it.

  • Gen 17:21
    72%

    21But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.