Genesis 15:3

Good News Translation

You have given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 13:16

I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!

Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his nephew had been captured, he called together all the fighting men in his camp, 318 in all, and pursued the four kings all the way to Dan.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram answered, “Sovereign Lord, what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.

Proverbs 13:12

When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed, but a wish come true fills you with joy.

Proverbs 29:21

If you give your servants everything they want from childhood on, some day they will take over everything you own.

Proverbs 30:23

a hateful woman who gets married, and a servant woman who takes the place of her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought many slaves, and there were slaves born in my household. I owned more livestock than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1

“Lord, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Yet I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed?