amCited from Gen. 22:17
Psalms 105:6-12
6O offspring of aAbraham, his servant,children of Jacob, his bchosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his cjudgments are in all the earth.
8He dremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ea thousand generations,
9 fthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his gsworn promise to Isaac,
10which he confirmed to hJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11saying, i“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as jyour portion for an inheritance.”
12 When they were kfew in number,
of little account, and lsojourners in it,
Psalms 105:42
42For he mremembered his holy promise,and nAbraham, his servant.
Micah 7:18-20
God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 oWho is a God like you, ppardoning iniquityand passing over transgression
qfor the remnant of his inheritance?
rHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19He will sagain have compassion on us;
the will tread our iniquities underfoot.
uYou will cast all our ▼
▼Hebrew their
sinsinto the depths of the sea.
20 wYou will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
xas you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Luke 1:54-55
54He has yhelped zhis servant Israel,aain remembrance of his mercy,
55 abas he spoke to our fathers,
acto Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
Luke 1:72-73
72 adto show the mercy promised to our fathersand aeto remember his holy afcovenant,
73 agthe oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
Galatians 3:16
16Now ahthe promises were made aito Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, aj“And to your offspring,” who is Christ.Hebrews 6:12-15
12so that you may not be sluggish, but akimitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.The Certainty of God’s Promise
13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, alhe swore by himself, 14saying, am“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15And thus Abraham, ▼▼Greek he
aohaving patiently waited, obtained the promise.
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