Genesis 35:12
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Cross-references
In Genesis 13:14-17, God expands the original promise by telling Abram to survey the land — the same land Jacob now hears will pass to his descendants.
In Genesis 15:18, God formalizes the land promise as a covenant with Abram, specifying its boundaries — Jacob's assurance rests on this covenant act.
In Genesis 26:3, God extends the same land-and-blessing promise to Isaac — confirming Jacob inherits a covenant that passed through both his father and grandfather.
In Genesis 26:4, God links Isaac's multiplying descendants to all nations being blessed — the same covenant chain reaching Jacob in 35:12.
In Genesis 28:3, Isaac blesses Jacob with Abraham's blessing — the patriarchal promise that God Himself now confirms at Bethel.
In Genesis 28:4, Isaac passes to Jacob the very land God gave to Abraham — the same inheritance God now reaffirms directly to Jacob.
In Genesis 28:13, God first appears to Jacob at Bethel promising this land — 35:12 is God repeating that promise at the same location.
In Genesis 12:7, God first promises the land to Abram's offspring — the foundational pledge now being reaffirmed to Jacob, explicitly invoking Abraham's name.
In Genesis 48:4, Jacob recalls God's Bethel promise — making 35:12 the source of Jacob's lifelong testimony about his descendants' inheritance.
Genesis 28:14 records God's first Bethel promise to Jacob — this is a later reaffirmation of the same land and descendants pledge.
In Genesis 50:24, Joseph tells his brothers God will bring them to the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — echoing this oath.
In Genesis 48:3, Jacob tells Joseph about God appearing at Luz — directly recalling the land and descendants promise made there.
Genesis 13:15 is God's original land promise to Abram — the same grant restated here to his grandson Jacob.
In Exodus 3:8, God declares He will bring Israel into the promised land — the fulfillment Jacob heard about generations earlier now set in motion.
In Joshua 21:45, not one of God's promises to Israel failed — the land oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was completely fulfilled.
In Exodus 6:8, God tells Moses 'I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob' — reaffirming this same vow.
In Exodus 32:13, Moses appeals to God's sworn oath to give the land to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — invoking this covenant promise.
In 1 Chronicles 16:18, David's psalm recalls God saying 'To you I will give the land of Canaan' — echoing this ancient land grant.
In Jeremiah 32:22, God's promise of land to Israel echoes this covenant assurance to Jacob and his seed.