By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. Cross References Genesis 12:8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD. Genesis 13:3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched, Genesis 13:18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD. Genesis 18:1 Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. Genesis 18:9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked. "There, in the tent," he replied. 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." Genesis 25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home. Genesis 36:7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock. Genesis 47:9 "My travels have lasted 130 years," Jacob replied. "My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers." Psalm 105:12 When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, Jeremiah 35:7 Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.' 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. Hebrews 6:17 So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath. Treasury of Scripture By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: he sojourned. Genesis 17:8 Genesis 23:4 Genesis 26:3 dwelling. Genesis 12:8 Genesis 13:3,18 Genesis 18:1,2,6,9 the heirs. Hebrews 6:17 Genesis 26:3,4 Genesis 28:4,13,14 |