He said to him, ‘Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.’
Genesis 15:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But he said, ‘Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But he [Abram] said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it? American Standard Version (1901) And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? Common English Bible But Abram said, “LORD God, how do I know that I will actually possess it?” Catholic Public Domain Version But he said, "Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it? |
He said to him, ‘Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.’
May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’
Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land he swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’
Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, ‘What is the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord’s temple on the third day? ’
‘Ask for a sign from the Lord your God #– #it can be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.’
As for those who disobeyed my covenant, not keeping the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat them like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf #– #
‘How can I know this? ’ Zechariah asked the angel. ‘For I am an old man, and my wife is well on in years.’
Mary asked the angel, ‘How can this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man? ’