Genesis 28:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

The blessing

Wherein thou art a stranger

Genesis 17:8

Which

General references

Genesis 13:15

Numbers 6:23

Joshua 21:43

Bible References

The blessing

And Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house into a land that I will show you.

And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be.

And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, greatly so, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.

that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.

His name shall endure forever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed.

saying, "Blessed are those whose lawlessnesses are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations through faith, preached the gospel before to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all nations be blessed."

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;

Wherein thou art a stranger

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

Which

And Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your seed. And he built an altar there to Jehovah who appeared to him.

And after Lot was separated from him, Jehovah said to Abram, Lift up your eyes now and look from the place where you are northward and southward, and eastward and westward.

In the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.

seed of His servant Abraham, sons of Jacob His chosen.

By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.

General references

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

Speak to Aaron and to his sons saying, In this way you shall bless the sons of Israel, saying to them,

And Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which He swore to give to their fathers. And they possessed it, and lived in it.