Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.

for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.

And Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

A Psalm of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring [it] to pass.

"Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I [am] a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers [were.]

By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as [in] a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced [them] and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

And truly if they had called to mind that [country] from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.

"Behold, I [am] with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."

The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

When you pass through the waters, I [will be] with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.

Fear not, for I [am] with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west;

The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you.

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

"for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.

"Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you."

On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates --

"Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."

and said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only [son -- ]

"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."

[The covenant] which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac,

You will give truth to Jacob [And] mercy to Abraham, Which You have sworn to our fathers From days of old.

Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath,