The LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "This is the country that I am going to give to your descendants." Then Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

I am going to give you and your descendants all the land that you see, and it will be yours forever.

I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God."

And there was the LORD standing beside him. "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying.

They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.

And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.

I will give you the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, and I will also give it to your descendants after you."

So then, when the time comes for the land to be given back to the LORD's people, there will be no share for any of you.

"Divide the land among the tribes, according to their size.

(SEE 26:54)

The Most High assigned nations their lands; he determined where peoples should live. He assigned to each nation a heavenly being,