Genesis 15:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

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  • Gen 17:16 : 16 And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.
  • Gal 4:28 : 28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.
  • Phlm 1:12 : 12 Whome I haue sent againe: thou therefore receiue him, that is mine owne bowels,
  • Gen 21:12 : 12 But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.
  • 2 Sam 7:12 : 12 And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.
  • 2 Sam 16:11 : 11 And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him.
  • 2 Chr 32:21 : 21 And the Lorde sent an Angel which destroyed all the valiant men, and the princes and captaines of the hoste of the King of Asshur: so he returned with shame to his owne lande; when he was come into the house of his god, they that came foorth of his owne bowels, slewe him there with the sworde.

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  • Gen 15:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1After these things, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.

    2And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

    3Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

  • 5Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

  • Gen 17:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

    5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.

    6Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.

  • 19Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

  • Gen 21:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12But God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight for the childe, and for thy bonde woman: in all that Sarah shall say vnto thee, heare her voyce: for in Izhak shall thy seede be called.

    13As for the sonne of the bond woman, I will make him a nation also, because he is thy seede.

  • 18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Gen 15:7-8
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    73%

    7Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.

    8And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?

  • Rom 9:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • 19Thy seede also had beene as the sande, and the fruite of thy body like the grauell thereof: his name should not haue bene cut off nor destroied before me.

  • 4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • 13Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: & they shall intreate them euill.

  • 12And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.

  • Gen 22:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

    17Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.

    18And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.

  • 1For the Lorde had said vnto Abram, Get thee out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers house vnto the land that I will shewe thee.

  • 11Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.

  • 15For all the land, which thou seest, will I giue vnto thee and to thy seede for euer,

  • Acts 7:3-5
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    71%

    3And said vnto him, Come out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and come into the land, which I shall shewe thee.

    4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; after that his father was dead, God brought him from thence into this land, wherein ye now dwell,

    5And 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.

  • 9Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Gen 18:18-19
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    71%

    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

    19For I knowe him that he will commande his sonnes and his houshold after him, that they keepe the way of the Lord, to doe righteousnesse and iudgement, that the Lord may bring vpon Abraham that he hath spoken vnto him.

  • 21But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.

  • 4Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,

  • Gen 17:15-16
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    15Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

    16And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.

  • 7And the Lord appeared vnto Abram, and said, Vnto thy seede will I giue this land; there builded he an altar vnto the Lord, which appeared vnto him.

  • 36And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

  • 10Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.

  • 10Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

  • 23But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes.

  • 14And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • 30But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

  • 23And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.