Genesis 15:7
He said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
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6He believed Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
8He said, “Lord Yahweh, 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 Chaldeans.
Genesis 12:1Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Go from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's household, to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 13:15All this land which you see, I will give to you and to your descendants forever.
Numbers 33:53You must take possession of the land and settle in it, because I have given you the land to possess.
Nehemiah 9:7You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name Abraham.
Psalms 105:42For he called to mind his holy promise 1 that he made to Abraham his servant. 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 →