Genesis 12:7
12:7 The
Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants
I will give this land.” So Abram
built an altar there to the
Lord, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 15:18
15:18 That day the
Lord made a covenant
with Abram: “To your descendants I give
this land, from the river of Egypt
to the great river, the Euphrates River –
Genesis 17:7-8
17:7 I will confirm
my covenant as a perpetual
covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
17:8 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.”
Genesis 22:16-18
22:16 and said, “‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’
decrees the
Lord,
‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
22:17 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.
22:18 Because you have obeyed me,
all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another
using the name of your descendants.’”
Deuteronomy 7:8-9
7:8 Rather it is because of his
love
for you and his faithfulness to the promise
he solemnly vowed
to your ancestors
that the
Lord brought you out with great power,
redeeming
you from the place of slavery, from the power
of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
7:9 So realize that the
Lord your God is the true God,
the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully
with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
Deuteronomy 9:5
9:5 It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness,
that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the
Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he
made on oath to your ancestors,
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Psalms 105:8-9
105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,
the promise he made to a thousand generations –
105:9 the promise he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
Luke 1:72-73
1:72 He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors,
and to remember his holy covenant –
1:73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham.
This oath grants