Acts 7:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

He gave

Genesis 23:4

Psalm 105:11

Hebrews 11:9

Not

Deuteronomy 2:5

Yet

When

Genesis 15:2

Genesis 16:2

Genesis 17:16

General references

Genesis 13:15

Bible References

He gave

"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."

He said: "I will give Canaan to you as the allotted portion that is your inheritance."

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise,

Not

Don't fight them, because I won't give you any part of their land, not even the size of a footprint. I have given Mount Seir to Esau as their property.

Yet

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I'll give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see forever!

Look!" Abram said, "You haven't given me any offspring, so a servant born in my house is going to be my heir."

I'll give to you and to your descendants the land to which you have traveled all the land of Canaan as an eternal possession. I will be their God."

Remain in this land, and I'll be with and bless you by giving all these lands to you and to your descendants in fulfillment of my solemn promise that I made to your father Abraham.

And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping.

I'll take you for my own people, and I'll be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

"When the LORD your God brings you to the land that he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, he will give you large and beautiful cities that you didn't build,

He remembers his eternal covenant every promise he made for a thousand generations,

When

But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, what can you give me since I continue to be childless, and the heir of my household is Eliezer from Damascus?

So Sarai told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her."

I will bless her. Furthermore, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her, so that nations, kings, and people will come from her."

General references

because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see forever!