Genesis 15:8
And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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Cross References
Genesis 24:2And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had: 'Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.
Judges 6:17And he said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.
1 Samuel 14:9If they say thus unto us: Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
Psalms 86:17Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Jeremiah 34:18And I will give the men that have transgressed My covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 15:8-12
7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, Lord God , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. 11 And when the fowls… Read the whole commentary →