Genesis 15:3

Modern English Version

And Abram said, “Behold, You have not given me any children, my heir is a servant born in my house.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants born in his own house, and pursued them as far as Dan.

Proverbs 29:21

He who pampers his servant from youth will have him as his son in the end.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I even bought male and female slaves, and some were born in my house. I also had a great number of livestock, cattle, and sheep, more than there had been before in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O  Lord, that I plead with You. Indeed, let me talk with You about matters of justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?

Proverbs 30:23

a hateful woman when she is married, and a servant girl who displaces her mistress.

Proverbs 13:12

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

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be numbered.

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”