Verse 4

Genesis 15:4

Darby Translation

4 And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה דְבַר יְהוָ֤ה אֵלָי/ו֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א יִֽירָשְׁ/ךָ֖ זֶ֑ה כִּי אִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵצֵ֣א מִ/מֵּעֶ֔י/ךָ ה֖וּא יִֽירָשֶֽׁ/ךָ
English Translation
And behold, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, "This one shall not inherit you, but only that which comes from your loins; he shall inherit you."
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Chapter 15 Context
1 After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy... Focus ↗
2 And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my h... Focus ↗
3 And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir. Focus ↗
4 And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that wil...
5 And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to... Focus ↗
6 And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness. Focus ↗
7 And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land... Focus ↗
8 And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it? Focus ↗
9 And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ra... Focus ↗
10 And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow;... Focus ↗
11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away. Focus ↗
12 And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great dark... Focus ↗
13 And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not their... Focus ↗
14 But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with gr... Focus ↗
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. Focus ↗
16 And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not... Focus ↗
17 And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking fu... Focus ↗
18 On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the... Focus ↗
19 the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, Focus ↗
20 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, Focus ↗
21 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. Focus ↗