Cross references

Genesis 17:7

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:7 BSB

Genesis 17:7 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 9:7–9 (16 votes) and Genesis 26:24 (14 votes). 100 other verses point back to it. It links with 29 other books, from Genesis 6 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Genesis 17:7 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring. …

  2. and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

  3. Acts 2:3914 votes

    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

  4. On that 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 Euphrates—

  5. And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.

  6. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.

  7. For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

  8. The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

  9. Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

  10. He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. …

  11. Micah 7:205 votes
  12. Mark 10:145 votes
  13. Romans 9:45 votes
  14. Exodus 3:64 votes

    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

  15. Exodus 6:44 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 17:7?

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