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Genesis 17:8
And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing— all the land of Canaan— as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”
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Hebrews 11:9
By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.
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1 Chronicles 29 15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
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Psalms 119:19
I am a stranger on earth; do not hide Your commands from me.
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Leviticus 25:23
“ The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.
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Acts 7:5
He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.
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Psalms 39:12
“ Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help; do not be silent at my tears. For I am a foreigner residing with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.
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Genesis 49:30
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.But they now desire a better place— a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
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Ecclesiastes 12:5
Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry has no effect; for man is headed to his eternal home, and mourners will walk around in the street;
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Genesis 50:13
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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1 Peter 2 11
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.
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Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh,“ My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”
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Psalms 105:12-13
When they were few in number, very few indeed, and temporary residents in Canaan,wandering from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another,
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Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.”
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Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will lead me to death— the place appointed for all who live.
