Genesis 15:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the word of the Lord came to him: No, that one will not be your heir; your own offspring will be your heir.

Cross References

Genesis 15:1

Some time afterward, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and I will give you a son by her. Her also will I bless; she will give rise to nations, and rulers of peoples will issue from her.

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham: Do not be distressed about the boy or about your slave woman. Obey Sarah, no matter what she asks of you; for it is through Isaac that descendants will bear your name.

2 Samuel 16:11

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants: “If my own son, who came forth from my loins, is seeking my life, how much more might this Benjaminite do so! Let him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.

2 Samuel 7:12

when your days have been completed and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 32:21

Then the Lord sent an angel, who destroyed every warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the Assyrian king, so that he had to return shamefaced to his own country. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down there with the sword.

Galatians 4:28

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise.

Philemon 1:12

I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you.