And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Genesis 15:3 - King James 2000 And Abram said, Behold, to me you have given no descendants: and, lo, one born in my house is 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; and you shall be a blessing:
And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
He that carefully brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son in the end.
For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress.
I got myself male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle more than all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?