Genesis 15:2

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Summary

And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

What

Genesis 12:1

Childless

Acts 7:5

The

Proverbs 17:2

General references

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

What

And Jehovah will say to Abram, Go for thyself from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land which I will shew thee.

Childless

And Isaak will supplicate to Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah will be supplicated for him, and Rebekah his wife will conceive.

And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.

And she will vow a vow, and say, Jehovah of armies, if seeing, thou wilt see the affliction of thy servant and remember me, and thou wilt not forget thy servant, and give to thy servant seed of men, and I gave him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and a razor shall not come up upon his head.

Behold, sons are the inheritance of Jehovah: the reward of the fruit of the womb.

Hope being forgotten afflicts the heart: and desire coming, a tree of life.

And I gave to them in my house and in my walls a hand and a name good above sons and above daughters: an eternal name will I give to him which shall not be cut off.

And he gave him none inheritance in it, not a step of the foot: and he promised to give it him for a possession, and to his seed after him, there being no child to him.

The

And Abraham will say to the old man of his house ruling over all which is to him, Put now thy hand under my thigh.

And Joseph will find grace in his eyes, and he will serve him, and he will appoint him over his house, and all which is to him he gave into his hand.

And they will come near the man which was over Joseph's house, and they will say to him at the entrance of the house,

And he will command him over house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they shall be able to lift up, and put the silver of each in the mouth of his sack.

An understanding servant shall rule a son causing shame, and shall divide the inheritance in the midst of the brethren.

General references

And so, having endured long, he gained the promise.