Abraham's Promises
In the book of Genesis we find the list of promises the Lord said to Abram:
1. Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
2. Genesis 13:15-16: for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring* for ever. 16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
3. Genesis 15:5 He brought him outside and said, ‘Look towards heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your descendants be.’
4. Genesis 15:18-21 18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, ‘To your......
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