6 occurrences

'Possession' in the Bible

I will give the whole land of Canaan -- the land where you are now residing -- to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God."

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To AbrahamGod, The EternalLand, As A Divine GiftProperty, LandThe Promised LandEternal PossessionSojourningI Will Be Their God

I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingAbrahamFruitfulness, NaturalAn Innumerable NumberSkyStarsProsperity PromisedSeashoresCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingGod Multipling PeoplePeople MultiplyingGod Will BlessGod's Promise To AbrahamOvercoming EnemiesSand And GravelPromises concerningEnemiesDescendants of

My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I've taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen."

Verse ConceptsHonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

Verse ConceptsEarringsOrnamentsRingsForeign ThingsOaksHidden ThingsPutting Away Other Godsjewelry

Judah replied, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord's slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found."

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutAcquitting The Just

He said to me, 'I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.'

Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalEternal Possessionfruitfulness

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