Genesis 11:9 (ESV)
“…There the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.”
Deuteronomy 32:8 (ESV)
“…He fixed the borders of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God.”
Psalm 82:6-7 (ESV)
“You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”
Deuteronomy 32:9 (ESV)
“But the Lord's portion is His people,
Jacob (Israel) His allotted heritage.”
Genesis 12:1,3 (NIV & ESV)
“The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” “…in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Galatians 3:16 (NIV)
“The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.”
Genesis 15:1 (ESV)
“After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:”
Genesis 15:1 (ESV)
“Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Genesis 15:2-4 (ESV)
“But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.”
Genesis 15:5 (ESV)
“And He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then He said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Genesis 15:6 (ESV)
“And he believed the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness.”
Genesis 15:7 (ESV)
“I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Genesis 15:8 (ESV)
But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”
Genesis 15:12-21 (ESV)
“As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete. When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
James 2:23 (ESV)
“Abraham believed God…and he was called a friend of God.”
Galatians 3:29 (ESV)
“…if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.”
John 15:15 (ESV)
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.”
