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.

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Bible References

He gave

Genesis 23:4
He said: I am a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb that I can bury my dead wife.
Psalm 105:11
He said: I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance to you.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise.

Not

Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not start a fight with them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not so much as one foot. I gave Esau's descendants the region of Mount Seir as their property.

Yet

Genesis 12:7
Jehovah appeared to Abram and said: I will give this land to your offspring (seed). He built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:15
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring (descendants) from generation to generation.
Genesis 15:3
Abram also said: You have given me no offspring. So a slave born in my house is to be my heir.
Genesis 17:8
The whole land of Canaan, where you are now a guest (alien) (foreigner) (stranger), I will give a long lasting possession to you and your descendants after you. I will be their God.
Genesis 26:3
You will live there as a foreigner. I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants.
Genesis 28:13
Jehovah was standing above the stairway. He proclaimed: I am Jehovah, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give the land on which you are lying to you and your descendants.
Exodus 6:7
I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.
Deuteronomy 6:10
It shall be like the time when Jehovah your God brought you into the land he promised to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. He would give you large and beautiful cities that you did not build.
Psalm 105:8
He has remembered his covenant forever! It is the word he commanded to a thousand generations.

When

Genesis 15:2
Abram said: O Jehovah God, what will you give me? I continue childless! The heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus.
Genesis 16:2
She said to Abram: Jehovah has kept me from having children. Go sleep with my maidservant. Perhaps I can build a family through her. Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.

General references

Genesis 13:15
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring (descendants) from generation to generation.