Genesis 15:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ Then Abram said, “Look! You have given me no seed, so a house-born servant is my heir.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And Abram continued, Look, You have given me no child; and [a servant] born in my house is my heir.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Common English Bible

³ He continued, “Since you haven’t given me any children, the head of my household will be my heir.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And Abram added: "Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir."

Genesis 15:3 Cross References

Genesis 12:2

My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your seed like the dust of the earth so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your seed could also be counted.

Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he rallied his trained men, those born in his household, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, “My Lord Adonai, what will You give me, since I am living without children, and the heir of my household is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 29:21

If someone pampers his slave from childhood in the end he will be ungrateful.

Proverbs 30:23

an unloved woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she displaces her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I purchased male and female servants and had other servants who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than all my predecessors in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?