Genesis 12:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your descendants will I give this land: and there he built an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.

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  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 18:1 : 1 And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
  • Ps 105:9-9 : 9 The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.
  • Gen 13:4 : 4 To the place of the altar, which he had made there at first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
  • Gen 26:25 : 25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
  • Exod 33:1 : 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Depart, and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants will I give it:'
  • Num 32:11 : 11 Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me,
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 Then Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
  • Gen 22:9 : 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
  • Gen 26:3 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;
  • Deut 1:8 : 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.
  • Deut 6:10 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build,
  • Deut 30:20 : 20 That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;
  • Gen 17:3 : 3 And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH I was not known to them.
  • Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
  • Gal 4:28 : 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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  • Gen 12:8
    82%

    8And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.

  • Gen 13:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

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

    18Then Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.

  • Gen 12:6
    79%

    6And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

  • Gen 28:13
    79%

    13And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;

  • Gen 35:12
    79%

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

  • Gen 12:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:

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

  • Gen 13:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

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

  • Gen 15:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7And He said to him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.

    8And he said, Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

  • Gen 26:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land which I shall tell you of:

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3And he traveled on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

    4To the place of the altar, which he had made there at first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

  • Gen 17:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.

    8And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Gen 15:18
    75%

    18On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • Gen 24:7
    74%

    7The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

  • Acts 7:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

    3And said to him, Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I will show you.

  • Gen 26:24
    74%

    24And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.

  • Gen 18:1
    73%

    1And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

  • Gen 15:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1After these things, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceedingly great reward.

    2And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

    3And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

  • Gen 17:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.

    2And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.

    3And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

  • Gen 28:4
    73%

    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

  • Exod 32:13
    73%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"

  • Gen 22:14
    73%

    14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

  • Josh 24:3
    72%

    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.