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Genesis 13:15

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For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 20:7Rank 1 from verse 15
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    7Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

  2. Genesis 12:7Rank 2 from verse 15
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    7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  3. Genesis 15:18Rank 3 from verse 15
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    18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  4. Acts 7:5Rank 4 from verse 15
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    5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

  5. Genesis 35:12Rank 5 from verse 15
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    12And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  6. Psalms 37:22Rank 6 from verse 15
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    22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

  7. Nehemiah 9:7–8Rank 7 from verse 15
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    7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

    8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

  8. Psalms 105:9–12Rank 8 from verse 15
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    9Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

    10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

    11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

    12When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

  9. Psalms 37:29Rank 9 from verse 15
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    29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

  10. Deuteronomy 26:2–4Rank 10 from verse 15
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    2That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

    3And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.

    4And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.

  11. Deuteronomy 34:4Rank 11 from verse 15
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    4And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

  12. Exodus 33:1Rank 12 from verse 15
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    1AND the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

  13. Genesis 17:7–8Rank 13 from verse 15
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    7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

    8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

  14. Genesis 24:7Rank 14 from verse 15
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    7¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

  15. Genesis 26:3–4Rank 15 from verse 15
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    3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

    4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  16. Genesis 28:13Rank 16 from verse 15
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    13And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

  17. Genesis 28:4Rank 17 from verse 15
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    4And 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.

  18. Genesis 48:4Rank 18 from verse 15
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    4And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

  19. Matthew 5:5Rank 19 from verse 15
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    5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

  20. Numbers 34:12–29Rank 20 from verse 15
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    12And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

    13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

    14For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

    15The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

    16And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

    17These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

    18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

    19And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

    20And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

    21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

    22And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

    23The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

    24And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

    25And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

    26And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

    27And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

    28And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

    29These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  21. Numbers 34:2Rank 21 from verse 15
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    2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

  22. Isaiah 63:18Rank 22 from verse 15
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    18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

  23. Psalms 112:1–2Rank 23 from verse 15
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    1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

    2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

  24. Genesis 18:18Rank 24 from verse 15
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    18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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Genesis 13:15

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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13:14¶ And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

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13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

13:17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

13:18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

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