Genesis 18:19
18:19 I have chosen him
so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep
the way of the
Lord by doing
what is right and just. Then the
Lord will give
to Abraham what he promised
him.”
Genesis 26:3-5
26:3 Stay
in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you,
for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants,
and I will fulfill
the solemn promise I made
to your father Abraham.
26:4 I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them
all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
26:5 All this will come to pass
because Abraham obeyed me
and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
Genesis 32:28
32:28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,
“but Israel,
because you have fought
with God and with men and have prevailed.”
Deuteronomy 4:37
4:37 Moreover, because he loved
your ancestors, he chose their
descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
Joshua 24:31
24:31 Israel worshiped
the
Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive.
These men had experienced firsthand everything the
Lord had done for Israel.
Psalms 105:6
105:6 O children of Abraham, God’s servant,
you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!
Isaiah 41:8
The Lord Encourages His People
41:8 “You, my servant Israel,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend,