Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And Abram {H87} said {H559}, Behold, to me thou hast given {H5414} no {H3808} seed {H2233}: and, lo, one born {H1121} in my house {H1004} is mine heir {H3423}.
You haven't given me a child," Avram continued, "so someone born in my house will be my heir."
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Cross-References
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Genesis 14:14 (6 votes)
And 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 29:21 (4 votes)
¶ He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length. -
Ecclesiastes 2:7 (3 votes)
I 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: -
Hebrews 10:35 (0 votes)
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. -
Hebrews 10:36 (0 votes)
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. -
Jeremiah 12:1 (0 votes)
¶ Righteous [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? -
Proverbs 30:23 (-1 votes)
For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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