Genesis 15:7
And He said to him, I am the Lord, who brought thee forth from Ura of the Kasdaee, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
8And he said, Lord God, by what may I know that I shall inherit it?
Cross References
Genesis 11:28And Haran died before Terach his father in the land of his nativity, in Ura of the Kasdaee.
Genesis 12:1And the Lord said to ABRAM, Go thou away from thy country, and from the house of thy father, to the land which I will show thee.
Genesis 13:15For all this land that thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy children forever.
Numbers 33:53And you shall cast out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell in it; for I have given you the land to inherit.
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 →