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
General references
Bible References
The blessing
Genesis 12:1
Jehovah said to Abram: Leave your country, your people, and your father's household, and go to the land I will show you.
Genesis 15:5
He brought him outside and said: Look toward heaven and count the stars. Are you able to count them? He continued: So shall your descendants be.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you very fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
Genesis 22:17
I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of their enemies' cities.
Psalm 72:17
His name will endure forever. His name will continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and call him blessed.
Romans 4:7
saying: Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Galatians 3:8
The Scripture revealed ahead of time, that God justified the people of the nations by faith. He preached the good news beforehand to Abraham. He said: In you will all the nations be blessed.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places through Christ.
Wherein thou art a stranger
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.
Which
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 13:14
After Lot had parted from Abram, Jehovah said to Abram: Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west.
Genesis 15:18
On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram. He said: To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah. Open your ear (listen) to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my fathers.
Psalm 105:6
You seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen ones.
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.
General references
Genesis 13:15
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring (descendants) from generation to generation.
Numbers 6:23
Tell Aaron and his sons: 'This is how you will bless the Israelites. Say to them:
Joshua 21:43
Jehovah gave to Israel all the land that he had solemnly promised their ancestors he would give them. They took possession of it and settled down there.