And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you will I give the land.”
- BSB The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
- NKJV The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.”
- NASB “And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you.”
- NLT And I will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you.”
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Quick answer
God reaffirms the gift of the land of Abraham and Isaac to Jacob and his offspring.
Overview
The LORD promises Jacob the same land pledged to his fathers, securing the covenant inheritance for his descendants. This land grant is a tangible sign of God's faithfulness across the generations. It anticipates Israel's possession of Canaan and, ultimately, the better and eternal inheritance secured in Christ.
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- Gen 12:7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
- Gen 28:13And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
- Gen 26:3–4Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
- Gen 13:14–17And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
- Gen 48:4And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
- Gen 15:18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Exod 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Josh 6:1–21Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
- Neh 13:1–31On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
- Gen 28:3–4And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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