and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 15:3 - King James Version - American Edition And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine 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 thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed 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 wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eli-e´zer of Damascus?
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
for an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?