16 and said, h“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely ibless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring jas the stars of heaven and as the ksand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his1 enemies, 18 land in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
7 The Lord, the God of heaven, vwho took me from my father’s house and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me and swore to me, w‘To your offspring I will give this land,’ he will xsend his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
3 fSojourn in this land, and gI will be with you and will hbless you, ifor to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish jthe oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
8 I will bring you into the land that I fswore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’”
8 See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the cland that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’
6 hBe strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I iswore to their fathers to give them.
