Inheritance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son, …

My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.

Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac.

But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

…and the LORD answered him, …

If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son, …

But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

Their father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying: …

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance. …

The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing. …

Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,

…because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.