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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.”

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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

2Avram [Exalted father] said, “ 'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh], what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus [Bucket of blood]?”

4Behold, Adonai’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”

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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 →

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