My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
Genesis 15:3 - Tree of Life Version Then Abram said, “Look! You have given me no seed, so a house-born servant 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. |
My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing.
I will make your seed like the dust of the earth so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your seed could also be counted.
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he rallied his trained men, those born in his household, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
But Abram said, “My Lord Adonai, what will You give me, since I am living without children, and the heir of my household is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
If someone pampers his slave from childhood in the end he will be ungrateful.
an unloved woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she displaces her mistress.
I purchased male and female servants and had other servants who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than all my predecessors in Jerusalem.
Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?