Genesis 15:13
New King James Version
13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly (A)that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and (B)they will afflict them four hundred years.
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Genesis 22:16-18
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16 and said: (A)“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will (B)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants (C)as the stars of the heaven (D)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and (E)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 (F)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (G)because you have obeyed My voice.”
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Genesis 26:2-5
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2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: (A)“Do not go down to Egypt; live in (B)the land of which I shall tell you. 3 (C)Dwell in this land, and (D)I will be with you and (E)bless you; for to you and your descendants (F)I give all these lands, and I will perform (G)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 And (H)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (I)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 (J)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
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Genesis 28:13-15
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13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: (B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; (C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also your (D)descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad (E)to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and (F)in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15 Behold, (G)I am with you and will (H)keep[a] you wherever you go, and will (I)bring you back to this land; for (J)I will not leave you (K)until I have done what I have spoken to you.”
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Psalm 105:8
New King James Version
8 He (A)remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
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