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 15:3 - English Standard Version 2016 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abram continued, Look, You have given me no child; and [a servant] born in my house is my heir. American Standard Version (1901) And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. Common English Bible He continued, “Since you haven’t given me any children, the head of my household will be my heir.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Abram added: "Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo, my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir. |
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.
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
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.
Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?