Acts 7:5 Meaning and Explanation
“And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.”
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Read Full Chapter →God gave Abraham no inheritance in the land, not one footstep of it, yet promised it to him and his descendants while he was still childless.
What Does Acts 7:5 Mean?
Stephen underlines how bare the beginning was: no property, no child, nothing in hand, only a word from God about a future Abraham could not see.
Abraham believed a promise that outran every visible evidence, and he died still greeting it from afar (Hebrews 11:13). God often gives his word long before he gives the thing itself. The space between promise and possession is not divine forgetfulness; it is the soil where faith grows.
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What does Acts 7:5 mean?
God gave Abraham no inheritance in the land, not one footstep of it, yet promised it to him and his descendants while he was still childless.