And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a female goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.
Genesis 15:8 - King James 2000 And he said, Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit 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? |
And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a female goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.
And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
And Joseph said unto his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
And Hezekiah had said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
Show me a sign for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.
Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in two, and passed between its parts,
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
And Zachariah said unto the angel, How shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well advanced in years.
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?