Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

In Context

2And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

4Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

Read all of Genesis 15

Cross References

Genesis 13:16And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

Proverbs 13:12Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 30:23A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

Jeremiah 12:1You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 15:3