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Galatians 3:14
The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.
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Genesis 12:7
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said,“ I will give this land to your offspring.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
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Ephesians 1:3
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.
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Psalms 39:12
“ Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am a foreigner residing with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.
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Genesis 22:17-18
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.”
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Genesis 17:6-8
I will make you extremely fruitful and will make nations and kings come from you.I will keep My covenant between Me and you, and your future offspring throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing— all the land of Canaan— as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”
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Galatians 3:8
Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you.
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Hebrews 11:9-13
By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.Therefore from one man— in fact, from one as good as dead— came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.
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Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever; as long as the sun shines, may his fame increase. May all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.
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Romans 4:7-8
How joyful are those whose lawless acts are forgiven and whose sins are covered!How joyful is the man the Lord will never charge with sin!
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Genesis 13:14-17
After Lot had separated from him, the Lord said to Abram,“ Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”
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Genesis 12:1-3
The Lord said to Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.I will bless those who bless you, I will curse those who treat you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
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Genesis 15:18-21
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,“ I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim,Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
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Genesis 15:5-7
He took him outside and said,“ Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him,“ Your offspring will be that numerous.”Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.He also said to him,“ I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
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Psalms 105:6-12
you offspring of Abraham His servant, Jacob’s descendants— His chosen ones.He is the Lord our God; His judgments govern the whole earth.He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He ordained for a thousand generations—the covenant He made with Abraham, swore to Isaac,and confirmed to Jacob as a decree and to Israel as an everlasting covenant:“ I will give the land of Canaan to you as your inherited portion.”When they were few in number, very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan,