KJV King James Version
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
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Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
WEB World English Bible
Abram said, “Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house in mine heir.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abram saith, ‘Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
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: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאַבְרָ֔םH87 · av.ramAbramהֵ֣ןH2005 · henlook!לִ֔יH9030 · nimeלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotנָתַ֖תָּהH5414 · na.tanto give: giveזָ֑רַעH2233 · ze.raseedוְהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבֶן־H1121 · benson: childבֵּיתִ֖יH1004 · betplaceיוֹרֵ֥שׁH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessאֹתִֽי׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan.Proverbs 29:21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.Ecclesiastes 2:7I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:Jeremiah 12:1Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?Hebrews 10:35-36Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.Proverbs 30:23For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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