So the Lord said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.’
Genesis 15:8 - New International Version (Anglicised) But Abram said, ‘Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I shall gain possession of 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? |
So the Lord said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.’
May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’
Then Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am about to die. But God will surely come to your aid and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’
Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, ‘What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?’
Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.’
Those who have violated my covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two and then walked between its pieces.
The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf,
Zechariah asked the angel, ‘How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well on in years.’