Genesis 26:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 28:15 : 15 I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”
  • Gen 13:15 : 15 I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.
  • Gen 12:7 : 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  • Gen 20:1 : 1 Abraham and Abimelech Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,
  • Gen 15:18 : 18 That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram:“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River–
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
  • Gen 22:16-18 : 16 and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies. 18 Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
  • Ps 105:9 : 9 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
  • Isa 43:5 : 5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
  • Phil 4:9 : 9 And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,
  • Gen 39:2 : 2 The LORD was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.
  • Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.
  • Ps 37:1-6 : 1 By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers! 2 For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants. 3 Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! 4 Then you will take delight in the LORD, and he will answer your prayers. 5 Commit your future to the LORD! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf. 6 He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.
  • Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.
  • Gen 26:12 : 12 When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
  • Gen 12:1-2 : 1 The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you. 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
  • Gen 13:17 : 17 Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. 14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Gen 26:4
    87%

    4I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.

  • Gen 28:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3May the Sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation.

    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Gen 26:24
    83%

    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

  • Gen 26:2
    83%

    2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

  • Gen 28:13-15
    3 verses
    83%

    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

    14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. And so all the families of the earth may receive blessings through you and through your descendants.

    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Gen 17:6-9
    4 verses
    82%

    6I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

    7I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

    8I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

    9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

  • Gen 35:12
    82%

    12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.”

  • Exod 32:13
    82%

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”

  • Gen 12:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1The Obedience of Abram Now the LORD said to Abram,“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household to the land that I will show you.

    2Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

    3I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.”

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    80%

    17I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

    18Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”

  • Gen 48:4
    80%

    4He said to me,‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.’

  • Heb 6:14
    79%

    14saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

  • Gen 13:15
    79%

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

  • Gen 18:18
    79%

    18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

  • Gen 21:23
    79%

    23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

  • Josh 24:3
    78%

    3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,

  • Gen 46:3
    78%

    3He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

  • Gen 17:2
    77%

    2Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants.”

  • Gen 13:17
    77%

    17Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”

  • Gen 24:7
    77%

    7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

  • Exod 6:8
    77%

    8I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob– and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’”

  • Gen 17:4
    77%

    4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Exod 6:4
    77%

    4I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners.

  • Gen 31:3
    77%

    3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

  • Gen 32:12
    77%

    12But you said,‘I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’”

  • Gen 12:7
    76%

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

  • Acts 7:3
    76%

    3and said to him,‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’

  • Gen 17:19
    76%

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gen 15:7
    76%

    7The LORD said to him,“I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

  • Gen 24:3
    76%

    3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.