Psalm 105:9
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9 the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,(A)
Genesis 17:2
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2 And I will make my covenant between me and you and will make you exceedingly numerous.”(A)
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Genesis 26:3
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3 Reside in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.(A)
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Genesis 22:16-18
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16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the Lord: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,(A) 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,(B) 18 and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”(C)
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Hebrews 6:17
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17 In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,(A)
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Galatians 3:17
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17 My point is this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.(A)
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Acts 7:8
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8 Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham[a] became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac did likewise to Jacob and Jacob to the twelve patriarchs.(A)
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- 7.8 Gk he
Nehemiah 9:8
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8 and you found his heart faithful before you and made with him a covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, and you have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.(A)
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Genesis 35:11
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11 God said to him, “I am God Almighty:[a] be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.(A)
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- 35.11 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Genesis 28:13
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13 And the Lord stood beside him[a] and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring,(A)
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- 28.13 Or stood above it
Genesis 12:7
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7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.(A)
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