Genesis 17:21
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21 But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”
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Genesis 26:2-5
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2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. 3 Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants,[a] just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. 4 I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
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Genesis 21:2-3
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2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac.
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Galatians 3:29
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29 And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children[a] of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.
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- 3:29 Greek seed.
Romans 9:5-6
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5 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, the one who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.[a]
6 Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people!
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- 9:5 Or May God, the one who rules over everything, be praised forever. Amen.
Genesis 18:10
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10 Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”
Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.
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Hebrews 11:9
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9 And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same promise.
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Romans 9:9
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9 For God had promised, “I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”[a]
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Acts 1:7
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7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.
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Luke 1:72
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72 He has been merciful to our ancestors
by remembering his sacred covenant—
Luke 1:55
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55 For he made this promise to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his children forever.”
Job 14:13
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13 “I wish you would hide me in the grave[a]
and forget me there until your anger has passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me again!
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- 14:13 Hebrew in Sheol.
Exodus 3:6
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6 I am the God of your father[a]—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
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- 3:6 Greek version reads your fathers.
Exodus 2:24
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24 God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Genesis 46:1
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Jacob’s Journey to Egypt
46 So Jacob[a] set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
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Genesis 21:10-12
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10 So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”
11 This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son. 12 But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.
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Genesis 48:15
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15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,
“May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham
and my father, Isaac, walked—
the God who has been my shepherd
all my life, to this very day,
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