Genesis 15:7
He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
World English Bible
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In Context
6He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
8He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
Cross References
Genesis 11:28Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his father Terah was still alive.
Genesis 12:1Now the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 13:15for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
Numbers 33:53You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, gave him the name of Abraham,
Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
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 →