“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”John 5:33-36You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. / Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved. / John was a lamp that burned ...
You changed his name to Abraham. 8 When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a[k] covenant with him to give his descendants[l] the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have ...
The directive to "take her and go" reflects the customary practice of arranged marriages in ancient Near Eastern cultures, where family consent was crucial. The phrase underscores the authority and responsibility given to Abraham's servant to act on behalf of his master. It also signifies a ...
16 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.” 19 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and ...
may dwell in the land that theLordswore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them." The Message Look at what I've done for you today: I've placed in front of you Life and Good Death and Evil.And I command you today: Love God, your God. Walk in his...
He created this people through a man named Abram, later changing his name to Abraham… Genesis 12:1-3 (NKJV) “Get out of your country,From your familyAnd from your father’s house,To a land that I will show you.2 I will make you a great nation;I will bless youAnd make your nam...
Was it not you, our God, who dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?New Revised Standard VersionDid you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give ...
One may notice, if only to reject, the exposition of the Targum, followed by some commentators, which refers the verse to the call of Abraham and the victory of Genesis 14. He gave them.--Better, He giveth them, the future seen as present. The LXX. and some modern critics follow a ...
8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend 9 —thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee, 10 —Fe...