Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.
Darby Translation
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
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
Proverbs 30:23under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
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 →