Genesis 15:3
Genesis chapter 15 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Context
v.2And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
v.3This passage
v.4And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
- Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
- Ecclesiastes 2:7
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;