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Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

1And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.

3And Abram said, I am grieved since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born servant shall succeed me.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:2And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 25:21And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

Genesis 39:4And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph.

Genesis 43:19And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,

Ruth 2:6And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel who returned with Noemin out of the land of Moab.

Psalms 127:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house: thy children as young olive-plants round about thy table.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:2

God's Covenant with Abram. ( b. c. 1913.) 1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Observe here, I. The time when God made this treaty with Abram: After these things. 1. After that famous act of generous charity which Abram had done, in rescuing his friends and neighbours out of distress, and that, not for price nor reward. After this, God made him this gracious visit. Note, Those that show favour to men shall… Read the whole commentary →

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