Verse 3
Genesis 15:3
Literal Standard Version
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And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֔ם הֵ֣ן לִ֔/י לֹ֥א נָתַ֖תָּה זָ֑רַע וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה בֶן בֵּיתִ֖/י יוֹרֵ֥שׁ אֹתִֽ/י
English Translation
And Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no offspring, and behold, a servant in my house will inherit me."
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Chapter 15 Context
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After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am...
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And Abram says, “Lord YHWH, what do You give to me, and I am going childless? And an acquired son in...
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And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”
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And behold, the word of YHWH is to him, saying, “This one will not be your heir; but he who comes ou...
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and He brings him out outside and says, “Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars...
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And he has believed in YHWH, and He reckons it to him—righteousness.
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And He says to him, “I am YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land...
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and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
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9
And He says to him, “Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a female goat of three years, and a ra...
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and he takes all these to Him, and separates them in the midst, and puts each piece opposite its fel...
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and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back.
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And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep has fallen on Abram, and behold, a terror of great dar...
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and He says to Abram, “knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they hav...
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and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;
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and you come to your fathers in peace; you are buried in a good old age;
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and the fourth generation turns back here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
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And it comes to pass—the sun has gone in, and thick darkness has been and behold, a furnace of smoke...
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In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from...
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with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
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and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
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and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”
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