Genesis 15:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?””
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BSBPD
“But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 15:8 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 24:2So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
- Genesis 24:13Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- Judges 6:17Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
- 1 Samuel 14:9If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.
- 2 Kings 20:8Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
- Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
- Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
- Jeremiah 34:18And those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
- Jeremiah 34:19The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
- Luke 1:18“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
- Luke 1:34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
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