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Acts 7:5

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

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and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

KJV

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.

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καὶkaiAndG2532 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔδωκενedōkenHe did giveG1325 →
αὐτῷautōto himG846 →
κληρονομίανklēronomianan inheritanceG2817 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
αὐτῇautēaitG846 →
οὐδὲoudenot even [give]G3761 →
βῆμαbēma[the] lengthG968 →
ποδὸςpodosof a footG4228 →
καὶkaibutG2532 →
ἐπηγγείλατοepēngeilatoHe promisedG1861 →
δοῦναιdounaito giveG1325 →
αὐτῷautōto himG846 →
εἰςeisforG1519 →
κατάσχεσινkataschesina possessionG2697 →
αὐτὴνautēnitG846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τῷtōto theG3588 →
σπέρματιspermatidescendantsG4690 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
μετ᾽met᾽afterG3326 →
αὐτόν,autonhim,G846 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ὄντοςontosthere beingG1510 →
αὐτῷautōto himG846 →
τέκνου.teknoua child.G5043 →

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Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Genesis 26:3Stay 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 offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Numbers 10:29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”Genesis 24:7The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.Genesis 28:13And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.Exodus 6:4I also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.Genesis 23:4“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”Deuteronomy 34:4And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Genesis 15:2–5But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”Deuteronomy 6:10–11And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,Genesis 16:2So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Psalms 105:8–12He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—Genesis 28:13–15And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

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