Genesis 15:8
and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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Genesis 24:2and Abraham says to his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he has, “Please put your hand under my thigh,
Judges 6:17And he says to Him, “Now if I have found grace in Your eyes, then You have done a sign for me that You are speaking with me.
1 Samuel 14:9if they thus say to us, Stand still until we have come to you, then we have stood in our place, and do not go up to them;
Psalms 86:17Do with me a sign for good, || And those hating me see and are ashamed, || For You, O YHWH, have helped me, || Indeed, You have comforted me!
Jeremiah 34:18And I have given the men who are transgressing My covenant, who have not established the words of the covenant that they have made before Me, by the calf, that they have cut in two, and pass through between its pieces—
Luke 1:18And Zacharias said to the messenger, “Whereby will I know this? For I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?”
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 →