Genesis 15:7
and said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to inherit it.”
Open English Bible (US)
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In Context
6Abram believed in the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness,
8Abram said, “Lord God, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
Cross References
Genesis 11:28Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:1The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your relatives and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy promise to Abraham his servant.
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 →