Quotes About Promise

She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up and leave this land at once, and return to your native land.í”

Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”

Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

But You have said, ëI will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.í”

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”

Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”

But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ëYou will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.í

But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ëYou will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.í”

But you said to your servants, ëUnless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.í

Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boyís safety to my father, saying, ëIf I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.í

Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.í

But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.í”

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Josephís own hands will close your eyes.”