Genesis 15:7
And He says to him, “I [am] YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to possess it”;
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In Context
6And he has believed in YHWH, and He reckons it to him—righteousness.
8and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
Cross References
Genesis 11:28and Haran dies in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:1And YHWH says to Abram, “Go for yourself, from your land, and from your family, and from the house of your father, to the land which I show you.
Genesis 13:15for the whole of the land which you are seeing, I give it to you and to your Seed for all time.
Numbers 33:53and you have possessed the land and dwelt in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7You [are] He, O YHWH God, || Who fixed on Abraham, || And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, || And made his name Abraham,
Psalms 105:42For He has remembered His holy word, || With His servant Abraham,
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 →