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 Yahweh said to Abram, "Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.

Childless

And Isaac prayed to Yahweh on behalf of his wife, for she [was] barren. And Yahweh responded to his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, "Give me children--if not, I will die!"

She {made a vow} and said: "O Yahweh of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the misery of your female servant, and will remember me, and not forget your female servant, and will give to your female servant {a male child} then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor will never pass over his head."

Look, children [are] the heritage of Yahweh; the fruit of the womb [is] a reward.

Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.

And I will give them a monument and a name in my house and within my walls, better than sons and daughters; I will give him an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

And he did not give him an inheritance in it--not even a footstep--and he promised to give [it] to him for his possession, and to his descendants after him, {although he did not have} a child.

The

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh

And Joseph found favor in his eyes and he served him. Then he appointed him over his house and all that he owned he put into his hand.

So they approached the man who [was] over Joseph's house and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.

Then he commanded [the one] who [was] over his household, saying, "Fill the sacks of the men [with] food as much as they are able to carry, and put each one's money in the mouth of his sack.

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

General references

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.