(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV]) Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I
command you.
(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV]) Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
All of the studies, book or topical, found here, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, lexicons, concordances or commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, but they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and the New Testament for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc. There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:
(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!
Genesis 13
Abram and Lot Separate: Ultimate goal is to judge Sodom and Gomorrah and create Israel.
Time: Apx. 2,000 years from the Creation,2,000 years before Christ
Location: Cainan, Plains of Jordan, Dead Sea area today
(Deuteronomy 30:6) And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
This entire set of chapters is really all about the establishment of the nation of Israel, through whom the Messiah Jesus Christ would come to save all mankind from their sins. Israel was given the Law and the Church was given Grace. The Law could not save, as is evident in the verse given above, combined with many others in the Old Testament.
To the Jews, the circumcision was something you just did to a male child at eight days to be obedient to God's command in order to have fellowship, presuming that this keeping of the Law was the means of justification with God. God here is stating that they missed the real point of that circumcision: The heart.
Deuteronomy 30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
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(Genesis 13:1) And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Can read he "escaped with his life and his wife"
Abram had gone "down into Egypt" earlier
Everything he had was a lot to move, and it all was always with him
His wife Sarai's names is not mentioned, but his nephew is called by name
(Genesis 13:2) And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
A man's wealth (Abram's here) was, in those days, also measured in cattle, livestock-not just precious metals
That said, Abram was very wealthy in earth's goods
(Genesis 13:3-4) And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Bethel =BETH+EL or "House of God"
He returns to the same spot as earlier
To the altar and back to worship the LORD
Perhaps this is because God showed him his power and lack of faith in Egypt?
Perhaps he recognized that God spared his life in Egypt?
Genesis 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
(Genesis 13:5) And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
The flocks are provisions of eggs and meat
The herds provide meat, skins and milk
The tent is shelter for temporary,nomadic living
So........flock+ herds+tents=wealth, food, clothing and shelter
This may also imply things are greener there than today, so that they did not have to haul the provender (food) for the animals also.
Lot had a wealthy uncle, and himself was not of mean measure
Just missing..... what? W-A-T-E-R
PROV'ENDER, n. [L. vivo, to live, and from vivanda; Eng.viand.]
Dry food for beasts, usually meal, or a mixture of meal and cut straw or hay. In a more general sense, it may signify dry food of any kind.
Provisions; meat; food. [Not used of food for man in New England.]
(Genesis 13:6) And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
God's power and sovereignty would have to be demonstrated
Green as it may have been, the limit of the land was reached by their wealth of livestock
This is by divine design. Had God not allowed them to have too much for the land, they may not have separated
Had they not separated, Lot would not have been living in the land of God's future judgment
Therefore, had he not dwelled there, God would not have shown Himself as strong when He destroyed it because the sin is clearly seen, plus the salvation of Lot
Today, we can live on one lot with two large houses and have a ton of money in the bank
The flocks and herds take up lots of space so, as wealthy men, their combined wealth was apparently too massive
(Genesis 13:7) And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Too many people and livestock on one resource=strife, because of man's sin
This is caused by man's heart and lack of faith, not by the lack of the resources
There was enough space, so it was really about the quality of the land
God simply used this to perform His will
Again. Ultimate goal is to judge Sodom and Gomorrah and create Israel.
Overcrowding brings out the flesh (sin nature) in all of us.
It is not the overcrowding that is the problem, nor is it the lack of resources, nor the competition for them either. It is S-I-N, and natural to mankind.
(Genesis 13:8) And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
"Blessed are the peacemakers"........
Fact: The ONLY way that Abram can say to Lot (his nephew) "we be brethren" was if they were both believers.
(Matthew 5:9) Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
(Genesis 13:9) Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
The only way to solve strife with this many different personalities is often to just go separate ways
This is true of relatives and friends alike
Abram humbles himself and lets Lot choose his location
Abram wants peace before seniority with his brother/nephew
(Genesis 13:10) And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but only the grassis, and that is always temporary
Flock, herds, tents=wealth, food, clothing and shelter
Just missing..... what?WATER!
(Proverbs 14:12) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
(Genesis 13:11-12) Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Lot's needs are all met. He is home....for now
He does not build a house, but is in temporary shelter
"the plain" must be the Plains of Jordan
Does he perhaps suspect he will not be here long? Or perhaps God has that also in His plans
THE PLAINS OF JORDAN
(1 Kings 4:12) Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
(1 Kings 7:46) In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
(Joshua 3:16-17) That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
(Genesis 13:13) But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
The mainstream, politically correct pastors in America have fallen for the old lie, "This was not about homosexuality, but lack of hospitality"
The completely, purposefully ignored context of the entirety of Scripture demands that it is homosexuality, not "lack of hospitality"
ONE SINGLE VERSE USED TO SUPPORT HOSPITALITY
Ezekiel 16:49-50 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
HAUGHTY, a. hau'ty. [from haught.]
Proud and disdainful; having a high opinion of one's self, with some contempt for others; lofty and arrogant; supercilious.
His wife was a woman of a haughty and imperious nature.
A haughty spirit goeth before a fall. Prov 16.
Proceeding from excessive pride, or pride mingled with contempt; manifesting pride and disdain; as a haughty air or walk.
Proud and imperious; as a haughty nation.
Lofty; bold; of high hazard; as a haughty enterprise.
Today we say,"Gay Pride" as in "Gay Pride Day", or "Gay Pride Parade"
2 Peter 2:7
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Fornication: Sex outside of marriage
Strange Flesh (Romans 1)
"Exceedingly"
EXCEE'DINGLY, adv. To a very great degree; in a degree beyond what is usual; greatly; very much.
FORNICA'TION, n. [L. fornicatio.]
The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman.
Adultery. Mat 5.
Incest. 1 Cor 5.
Idolatry; a forsaking of the true God, and worshipping of idols. 2 Chr 21. Rev 19.
Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
TO HAGAR, SARAI'S HANDMAIDEN
Genesis 16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, NOT ISHMAEL
Genesis 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee,and will multiply thee exceedingly.
TO ABRAHAM: ISAAC, NOT ISHMAEL
Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
ISAAC, TO ESAU (after Jacob stole Esau's blessing)
Genesis 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
LABAN
Genesis 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
ISRAEL
Genesis 47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew,and multiplied exceedingly.
SAUL AFTER TRYING TO KILL DAVID
1 Samuel 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold,I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
AMNON, AFTER RAPING TAMAR
2 Samuel 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
THE RULERS IN SAMARIA
2 Kings 10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
SOLOMON'S WEALTH
1 Chronicles 29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
2 Chronicles 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him,and magnified him exceedingly.
JEHOSHAPHAT
2 Chronicles 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
UZZIAH
2 Chronicles 26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
PLOTTERS AGAINST ISRAEL TO DESTROY HER
Nehemiah 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it,it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
ESTHER, UPON HEARING THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE JEWS
Esther 4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
JOB, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO DIE
Job 3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
BELIEVERS PRAISING GOD
Psalms 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea,let them exceedingly rejoice.
ISRAEL'S SIN IN THE WILDERNESS
Psalms 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
LOVING THE WORD
Psalms 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
OF PRIDE OF WEALTH AND OPPRESSION WITH POWER
Psalms 123:3-4 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
GOD'S JUDGMENT OF TYRE, EARTH
Isaiah 24:19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved,the earth is moved exceedingly.
DANIEL, ABOUT THE ANTI-CHRIST
Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
THE MEN WITH JONAH, AFTER HEARING WHY THE STORM HIT THE BOAT
Jonah 1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
JONAH, AFTER NINEVEH REPENTS
Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
THE DISCIPLES, AFTER HEARING THAT A CAMEL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE BEFORE A RICH MAN CAN BE SAVED
Matthew 19:25 When his disciples heard it,they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
THE DISCIPLES AFTER JESUS CALMED THE SEAS
Mark 4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
THE MOB, WANTING TO KILL JESUS
Mark 15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
BY THE OWNERS OF THE DAMSEL, AGAINST PAUL AND SILAS
Acts 16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying,These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
BY PAUL, DESCRIBING HIS B.C. DAYS
Acts 26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme;and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
BY PAUL ON ONE OF HIS SHIPWRECKS
Acts 27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
BY PAUL, ABOUT TITUS
2 Corinthians 7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea,and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
BY PAUL, DESCRIBING HIS RELIGIOSITY
Galatians 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation,being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
BY PAUL IN FERVENT PRAYER FOR THE THESSALONIANS
1 Thessalonians 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
BY PAUL ABOUT THE THESSALONIANS
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet,because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
BY PAUL MOSES ON THE MOUNTAIN (SION)
Hebrews 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said,I exceedingly fear and quake:)
(Genesis 13:14) And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
This is the size of the original nation of Israel
This is the title deed given to them also
None of the countries around her today became nations until the 20th century, and were carved out by U.N. mandates
Israel today is not the one God gave her, but the one the U.N. gave her, plus her concessions since 1945.
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THE ORIGINAL BORDERS OF ISRAEL
(Numbers 34) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham: And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
"THY SEED", SPOKEN BY GOD TO THE PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL
(Genesis 3:15) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
TO ABRAM
(Genesis 9:9) And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
(Genesis 12:7) And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
(Genesis 13:15) For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
(Genesis 13:16) And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
(Genesis 15:5) And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
(Genesis 15:18) In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
(Genesis 17:7) And I will establish my covenant between me and thee [ABRAHAM] and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
(Genesis 17:8) And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
(Genesis 17:9) And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
(Genesis 17:19) And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
(Genesis 21:12) And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
(Genesis 22:17)
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
(Genesis 22:18) And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
(Genesis 24:7) The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
(Genesis 24:60) And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
TO ISAAC
(Genesis 26:3-4) Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
(Genesis 26:24) And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
ISAAC & JACOB
(Genesis 28:4) And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
TO JACOB IN A DREAM
(Genesis 28:13-14) And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
To JACOB
(Genesis 32:12) And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
TO JACOB AT BETHEL
(Genesis 35:12) And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
JACOB TO JOSEPH, VIA THE LORD
(Genesis 48:4) And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
MOSES TO GOD
(Exodus 32:13) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
(Exodus 33:1) And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
(Deuteronomy 1:8) Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
(Deuteronomy 4:37) And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
(Deuteronomy 10:15) Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
(Deuteronomy 11:9) And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
(Deuteronomy 28:46) And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
(Deuteronomy 30:6) And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
(Deuteronomy 30:19) I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
(Deuteronomy 34:4) And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
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(Joshua 24:3) And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
(2 Samuel 7:12-13) And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
(2 Samuel 22:51) He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
(1 Chronicles 16:13) O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
1 Chronicles 17:11-14 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
(2 Chronicles 20:7) Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
(Psalms 18:50) Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
(Psalms 89:3-4) I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
(Psalms 89:36) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
(Psalms 105:6) O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
(Isaiah 41:8) But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
(Isaiah 43:5) Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
(Isaiah 44:1-3) Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
(Isaiah 61:9) And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
(Isaiah 65:9)
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
(Isaiah 65:23) They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
(Isaiah 66:22) For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
(Jeremiah 23:8) But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
(Jeremiah 30:10) Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
(Jeremiah 31:36) If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
(Jeremiah 31:37) Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
(Jeremiah 33:22) As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
(Jeremiah 33:26) Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
(Jeremiah 36:31) And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
(Jeremiah 46:27) But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
(Ezekiel 20:5) And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
(Ezekiel 44:22) Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
(Malachi 2:3) Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
(Luke 1:55) As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
(John 7:42) Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
(John 8:33) They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
(John 8:37) I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
(Acts 3:25) Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
(Acts 7:5) And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
(Acts 7:6) And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
(Acts 13:23) Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
(Romans 1:3) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
(Romans 4:13) For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
(Romans 4:16) Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
(Romans 4:18) Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
(Romans 9:7) Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
(Romans 9:8) That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
(Romans 9:29) And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
(Romans 11:1) I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
(2 Corinthians 11:22) Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
(Galatians 3:16) Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
(Galatians 3:19) Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
(Galatians 3:29) And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
(2 Timothy 2:8) Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
(Hebrews 2:16) For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
(Hebrews 11:18) Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
(Revelation 12:17) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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(Genesis 13:16) And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
The Church was born out of Israel's beginnings (Scriptures, Jewish Apostles)
Jesus was a JEW, not a Gentile
Israel was the nation that Jesus came FROM, TO and primarily FOR
(Genesis 13:17) Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
I bet if Abraham could have walked the entire earth, Israel would be that large.
There are no limits given here
(Genesis 13:18) Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
