Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 14:14 : 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
- Prov 29:21 : 21 He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
- Prov 30:23 : 23 for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
- Eccl 2:7 : 7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
- Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Heb 10:35-36 : 35 Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward. 36 For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
- Prov 13:12 : 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
- Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Gen 13:16 : 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.
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- Gen 15:1-22 verses86%
1After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
2Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
- Gen 15:4-52 verses86%
4Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
- Gen 16:1-22 verses77%
1Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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15for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.
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36Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
- Gen 17:18-192 verses75%
18Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
- Gen 15:7-82 verses75%
7He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
8He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
- Gen 21:12-132 verses74%
12God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
13I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."
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5He 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.
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18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"
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30Sarai was barren. She had no child.
- Gen 17:8-92 verses73%
8I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
9God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
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7Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
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13He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
- Gen 16:5-62 verses73%
5Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
6But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
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15Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
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12The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land."
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10Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."
- Gen 17:4-63 verses72%
4"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
5Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
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17Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."
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21But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
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16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.
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16and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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7Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."
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1Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
- Gen 17:15-162 verses71%
15God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."
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18In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
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4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
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18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
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2Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
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5Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
- Gen 24:6-72 verses71%
6Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.
7Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
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3Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.