Genesis 15:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Abram said, “Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Proverbs 29:21

He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house; I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?

Proverbs 30:23

an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.

Proverbs 13:12

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

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted.

Genesis 12:2

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

Genesis 15:2

But Abram said, “O Lord God, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”