Genesis 15:7
And He said unto him, I am Hashem Who brought thee out of Ur Kasdim, to give thee ha'aretz hazot to be the yoresh of it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6And he believed in Hashem; and He credited [emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness).
8And he said, Adonoi Hashem, how can I have da'as that I will be its yoresh?
Cross References
Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his av Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
Genesis 12:1Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha'aretz that I will show thee;
Genesis 13:15For kol ha'aretz which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy zera ad olam (forever).
Numbers 33:53And ye shall take possession of HaAretz, and dwell therein; for I have given you HaAretz to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7Thou art Hashem HaElohim, Who didst choose Avram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur Kasdim, and gavest shmo Avraham;
Psalms 105:42For He remembered His Davar Kadosh, 1 and Avraham His eved. 1
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 →