Genesis 15:3
And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Jeremiah 12:1Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure 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 →