Genesis 15:7
And He saith unto him, 'I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.
8and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
Cross References
Genesis 11:28and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 12:1And Jehovah saith unto Abram, 'Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee.
Genesis 13:15for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed — to the age.
Numbers 33:53and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land — to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:7'Thou [art] He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham,
Psalms 105:42For He hath 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 →