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Genesis 28:13

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 Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

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ASV

And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the 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;

KJV

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;

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
נִצָּ֣בni.Tzav[was] standingH5324 →
עָלָיו֮'a.Lavon itH5921 →
וַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.Marand he saidH559 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
אַבְרָהָ֣ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85 →
אָבִ֔יךָ'a.Vi.khafather yourH1 →
וֵאלֹהֵ֖יve.lo.Heiand [the] God ofH430 →
יִצְחָ֑קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327 →
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH859 →
שֹׁכֵ֣בsho.Khev[are] lyingH7901 →
עָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
לְךָ֥le.Khato <the> you
אֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה'et.te.Ne.nahI will give itH5414 →
וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃u.le.zar.'E.khaand to offspring yourH2233 →

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Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Genesis 35:12The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”Genesis 48:3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed meGenesis 26:24and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”Genesis 49:25by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.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.Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.Deuteronomy 6:10And 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 50:24Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”Matthew 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”Hebrews 11:16Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.Genesis 46:3“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.Genesis 17:6–7I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.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.Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

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