Verse 8
Genesis 15:8
World English Bible
8
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יֱהוִ֔ה בַּ/מָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י אִֽירָשֶֽׁ/נָּה
English Translation
And the Lord said, "By what shall I know that I will inherit it?"
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 15 Context
1
After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am yo...
Focus ↗
2
Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my es...
Focus ↗
3
Abram said, “Behold, to me you have given no children: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir....
Focus ↗
4
Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out...
Focus ↗
5
Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able...
Focus ↗
6
He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.
Focus ↗
7
He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to i...
Focus ↗
8
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9
He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years...
Focus ↗
10
He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but...
Focus ↗
11
The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Focus ↗
12
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
Focus ↗
13
He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not t...
Focus ↗
14
I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,...
Focus ↗
15
but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
Focus ↗
16
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full....
Focus ↗
17
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flam...
Focus ↗
18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, fr...
Focus ↗
19
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
Focus ↗
20
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Focus ↗
21
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Focus ↗