And Abram said, ‘You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.’

And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.”

Then the word of the  Lord came to him: ‘This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your 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.”

He also said to him, ‘I am the  Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.’

And he said to him, “I am the  Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

But Abram said, ‘Sovereign  Lord, how can I know that I shall gain possession of it?’

But he said, “O Lord  God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

and she said to Abraham, ‘Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.’

So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

‘Our sister, may you increase
to thousands upon thousands;
may your offspring possess
the cities of their enemies.’

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

“Our sister, may you become
thousands of ten thousands,
and may your offspring possess
the gate of those who hate him!”

May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’

May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”

After them, seven other cows came up – scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.

Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.”

There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’

The enemy boasted,
“I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
and my hand will destroy them.”

The enemy said ‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’

‘If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

and do not show favouritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

‘Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

but during the seventh year let the land lie unploughed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the  Lord to atone for your lives.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the  Lord’s offering to make atonement for your lives.

I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the  Lord your God.

For I will cast out nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land, when you go up to appear before the  Lord your God three times in the year.

‘If, however, they are poor and cannot afford these, they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,

“But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil;

Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the  Lord your God.

And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the  Lord your God.

‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.

“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

But I said to you, ‘You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the  Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.

But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the  Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the  Lord your God.”’

“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the  Lord your God.”

‘“If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.

“If your brother becomes poor and sells part of his property then his nearest redeemer shall come and redeem what his brother has sold.

‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so that they can continue to live among you.

“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.

‘“If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

“If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:

You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel you shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.

‘“If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

“If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger’s clan,

If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.

And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford.

(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, ‘We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.’

But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”

I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.’

I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified.

And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.

After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there.

And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors. And they took possession of his land.

So they defeated him and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor left. And they possessed his land.

If his father had no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan, that he may possess it. This is to have the force of law for the Israelites, as the  Lord commanded Moses.”’

And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel a statute and rule, as the  Lord commanded Moses.’”

and if all of you who are armed cross over the Jordan before the  Lord until he has driven his enemies out before him –

and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the  Lord, until he has driven out his enemies from before him

The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.

And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.

Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.

‘“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father’s tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors.

And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers.

See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the  Lord swore he would give to your fathers – to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – and to their descendants after them.’

See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the  Lord swore to your fathers to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’

See, the  Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the  Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.’

See, the  Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the  Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad – they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.

And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the  Lord gave them as their possession.)

The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the people of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the  Lord gave to them.)

They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. The  Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the  Lord destroyed them before the Ammonites, and they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

The  Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.

‘Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge. See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

‘Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.

The  Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.’

And the  Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’

Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns.

“When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning at Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities.

I commanded you at that time: ‘The  Lord your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites.

“And I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘The  Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel.

until the  Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the  Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.’

until the  Lord gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also occupy the land that the  Lord your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.’

Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land that the  Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

“And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the  Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the  Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.

See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the  Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

And the  Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

And the  Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.

I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.

For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land.

I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.

to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.

driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day,

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.

And they took possession of his land and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan;