Verse 5

But God gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og han ga ham ingen arv i det, ikke engang så mye som å sette foten på; men han lovet å gi det til ham til besittelse og til hans etterkommere etter ham, da han enda ikke hadde noen sønn.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og han ga ham ikke noen arv i det, ikke så mye som et fotavtrykk; men han lovte ham å gi det til ham som eiendom, og til hans etterkommere etter ham, selv om han ikke hadde noen sønn.

• Norsk King James

  Og han ga ham ingen eiendom der, ikke engang så mye som å sette sin fot på; likevel lovet han at han ville gi det til ham som eiendom, og til hans etterkommere etter ham, da han ennå ikke hadde noen sønn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gud ga ham ingen eiendom der, ikke en gang nok til å sette foten på, men lovet å gi det til hans etterkommere, selv om han ikke hadde barn.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Han gav ham ingen arv i det, ikke engang nok til å sette hans fot på: Likevel lovte Han at Han ville gi det til ham som eiendom og til hans ætt etter ham, da han ennå ikke hadde barn.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Gud ga ham ingen arv i det, ikke en gang en fotbredde av jord. Men han lovet å gi det til ham som eiendom og til hans etterkommere etter ham, selv om han ennå ikke hadde noen barn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men han ga ham ingen arv i det, ikke en gang nok til å sette foten på: likevel lovet han å gi det til ham som eiendom, og til hans ætt etter ham, selv om han ennå ikke hadde noe barn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han ga ham imidlertid ingen arv der, ikke engang et sted å sette foten – likevel lovet han å gi det til ham som eiendom, og til hans etterkommere, selv da han ennå ikke hadde barn.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Han gav ham ingen arv der, ikke engang så mye at han kunne sette foten ned på det; men han lovte å gi ham det til eiendom, og til hans ætt etter ham, enda han på den tid ikke hadde noe barn.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han gav ham ingen arv der, ikke engang så mye at han kunne sette foten ned på det; men han lovte å gi ham det til eiendom, og til hans ætt etter ham, enda han på den tid ikke hadde noe barn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men Gud ga ham ingen arv i det, ikke en gang en fotsbredd, men lovte å gi det til ham til eiendom og til hans etterkommere etter ham, selv om han da ikke hadde noe barn.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Han ga ham ingen arv der, ikke engang et sted å sette sin fot. Men han lovet at han og hans etterkommere skulle få landet til eiendom, selv om han ennå ikke hadde noen barn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han gav ham Intet deraf til Eie, end ikke en Fodbred; og (dog) lovede han ham at give ham det til Besiddelse, og hans Afkom efter ham, enddog han intet Barn havde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men han ga ham ingen arv der, ikke engang nok til å sette sin fot på. Likevel lovte han å gi det til ham som en eiendom og til hans etterkommere etter ham, enda han da ikke hadde noe barn.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han ga ham ingen eiendom her, ikke engang nok til å sette foten på. Men han lovte å gi det til ham som eiendom og til hans etterkommere, selv om han ennå ikke hadde barn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Gud lot ham ikke få noen arv der, ikke engang en fotbredde, men lovet å gi det til ham som en eiendom, og til hans etterkommere – selv om han var barnløs på den tiden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men han ga ham ikke noe arv der, ikke så mye som en fot å stå på. Han lovet å gi ham det til eie, og til hans etterkommere, enda han ikke hadde barn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Gud ga ham ingen arv i det, ikke engang fotfeste; men lovte å gi det til ham og hans etterkommere, selv om han ikke hadde noe barn på den tiden.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and he gave him none inheritaunce in it no not the bredeth of a fote: but promised yt he wolde geve it to him to possesse and to his seed after him when as yet he had no chylde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and gaue him no enheritauce therin, no not ye bredth of a fote: and promysed him, that he wolde geue it him to possesse, and to his sede after him, whan as yet he had no childe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he gaue hym none inheritaunce in it, no not the breadth of a foote: and promised that he woulde geue it to hym to possesse, and to his seede after hym, when as yet he had no chylde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:7 : 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land you see, I will give to you and your descendants forever.
• Gen 15:18 : 18 On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River—
• Gen 26:3 : 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.
• Gen 28:13-15 : 13 And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.' 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed. 15 Look, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, because I will not leave you until I have done everything I promised you.
• Exod 6:7-8 : 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.' 8 'And I will bring you to the land that I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.'
• Deut 2:5 : 5 Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'
• Deut 6:10-11 : 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to you, with cities great and good that you did not build, 11 with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied.
• Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are entering to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, and to fulfill the promise the LORD swore to your ancestors—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Deut 10:11 : 11 Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, set out ahead of the people so that they may go and take possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give to them.'
• Deut 11:9 : 9 And so that you may live long in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Deut 34:4 : 4 Then the Lord said to him, 'This is the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your descendants. I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross over into it.'
• Neh 9:8 : 8 You found his heart faithful before You, and You made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. And You have kept Your promise because You are righteous.
• Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations. 9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. 10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant. 11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.' 12 When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in the land.
• Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was waiting for the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
• Heb 11:13-16 : 13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• Gen 16:2 : 2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Look, the LORD has prevented me from having children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her." And Abram listened to Sarai's voice.
• Gen 15:2-5 : 2 Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children, so a servant in my household will be my heir." 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He added, "So will your descendants be."
• Gen 17:16-19 : 16 I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her. 17 Abraham fell facedown and laughed, saying to himself, "Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under Your blessing!" 19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
• Gen 23:4 : 4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”