Genesis 15:18
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18 So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt[a] to the great Euphrates River—
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Joshua 1:3-4
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3 I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you— 4 from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea[a] in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.’
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- 1:4 Hebrew the Great Sea.
Genesis 12:7
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7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[a]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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- 12:7 Hebrew seed.
Genesis 24:7
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7 For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants.[a] He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.
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Genesis 13:15
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15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[a] as a permanent possession.
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Isaiah 27:12
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12 Yet the time will come when the Lord will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them—from the Euphrates River[a] in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west.
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- 27:12 Hebrew the river.
Nehemiah 9:8
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8 When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.
Deuteronomy 11:24
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24 Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.[a]
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- 11:24 Hebrew to the western sea.
Numbers 34:5
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5 From Azmon the boundary will turn toward the Brook of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.[a]
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Hebrews 13:20
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20 Now may the God of peace—
who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus,
the great Shepherd of the sheep,
and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—
2 Chronicles 9:26
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26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River[a] in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south.
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- 9:26 Hebrew the river.
Deuteronomy 34:4
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4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have now allowed you to see it with your own eyes, but you will not enter the land.”
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Numbers 34:2-3
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2 “Give these instructions to the Israelites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries. 3 The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.[a]
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