God's Covenant With Abram

Genesis 13:14-18

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And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land that you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed forever. And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then your seed also could be counted. Arise, walk about the land through its length and through its breadth, for to you will I give it. And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.

Themes

CreationHeavenTorahPatriarchsAdam EveHoly Land

Original Sources

  • Genesis 13:14-18.

Biblical References

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