By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where hi
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham a
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it
And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possess
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of h
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isa
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some b
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”