Genesis 15:7
And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
6Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
8But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”
Cross References
Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Genesis 12:1Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.
Genesis 13:15All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
Numbers 33:53cleansing the land and living in it. For I have given it you as a possession,
Nehemiah 9:7You yourself, O Lord God, are the One who chose Abram. And you led him away from the fire of the Chaldeans, and you gave him the name Abraham.
Psalms 105:42And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.
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 →