Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, I am LORD who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And he believed in LORD, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
8And he said, O lord LORD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Cross References
Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:1Now LORD said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will show thee.
Genesis 13:15For all the land which thou see, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed forever.
Numbers 33:53And ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell in it, for to you I have given the land to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7Thou are LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:3-7
2 And Abram said, Lord God , what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them:… Read the whole commentary →