Genesis 15:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.””

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BSBPD

“Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 15:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  2. Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  3. Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.
  4. Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  5. Proverbs 29:21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
  6. Proverbs 30:23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
  7. Ecclesiastes 2:7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
  8. Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
  9. Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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