Genesis 15:7
And he said unto him,—I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6And he had faith in Yahweh,—so he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
8And he said, My Lord Yahweh, whereby, can I know that I shall inherit it?
Cross References
Genesis 11:28and Haran died, in the presence of Terah his father,—in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:1And Yahweh said unto Abram: Come thou on thy way, Out of thy land and out of the place of thy birth and out of the house of thy father,—Unto the land that I will show thee;
Genesis 13:15for all the land which thou art beholding—to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;
Numbers 33:53So shall ye possess the land, and settle down therein,—for unto you, have I given the land to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7Thou, art Yahweh, God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees,—and madest his name Abraham;
Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy word, With 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 →