Genesis 15:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

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  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
  • Acts 7:5 : 5 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.
  • Gen 12:1-3 : 1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide: 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing: 3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
  • Gen 24:2 : 2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
  • Gen 24:10 : 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
  • Gen 30:1-2 : 1 Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living. 2 But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
  • Gen 39:4-6 : 4 And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had. 5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field. 6 And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;
  • Gen 44:1 : 1 Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.
  • Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
  • Isa 56:5 : 5 I will give to them in my house, and inside my walls, a place and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 15:3-5
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    86%

    3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

    4 Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

    5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

  • Gen 15:1
    78%

    1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

  • Gen 15:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

    8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

  • Gen 16:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

    2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

  • Gen 24:36
    73%

    36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • Gen 13:17
    73%

    17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.

  • Gen 12:1
    73%

    1 Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

  • Gen 13:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

    15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

  • Gen 24:7
    73%

    7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

  • Gen 17:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

    19 And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 24:34
    72%

    34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

  • Gen 12:7
    72%

    7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

  • Gen 14:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.

    22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

    23 That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:

  • Gen 24:2
    72%

    2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

  • Gen 17:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

    2 And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

  • Gen 24:12
    71%

    12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 15:18
    71%

    18 In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • Gen 14:19
    71%

    19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

  • Gen 18:13
    70%

    13 And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

  • Gen 17:4
    70%

    4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

  • Gen 18:18
    70%

    18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Gen 24:5
    70%

    5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

  • Gen 24:40
    70%

    40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

  • Gen 22:16
    70%

    16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

  • Gen 16:5
    70%

    5 And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

  • Gen 24:27
    70%

    27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

  • Gen 18:27
    70%

    27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: