Genesis 15:3
Avram [Exalted father] said, “Behold, to me you have given no children: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, 2 but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. 1
Proverbs 30:23for an unloved (wife) when her husband takes her (back); 2 and a servant who is heir to her mistress. 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 →