Genesis 15:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will bless you and make your descendants into a great nation. You will become famous and be a blessing to others.

Genesis 13:16

I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and some day it will be easier to count the specks of dust than to count your descendants.

Genesis 14:14

that his nephew Lot had been taken away. Three hundred and eighteen of Abram's servants were fighting men, so he took them and followed the enemy as far north as the city of Dan.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram answered, “LORD All-Powerful, you have given me everything I could ask for, except children. And when I die, Eliezer of Damascus will get all I own.

Proverbs 13:12

Not getting what you want can make you feel sick, but a wish that comes true is a life-giving tree.

Proverbs 29:21

Slaves you treat kindly from their childhood will cause you sorrow.

Proverbs 30:23

a hateful woman who finds a husband, and a slave who takes the place of the woman who owns her.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I owned slaves, and their sons and daughters became my slaves. I had more sheep and goats than anyone who had ever lived in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1

Whenever I complain to you, LORD, you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful?