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

Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father's household to the land that I will show you.

Childless

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"

She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut."

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.

He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

The

Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph's household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

He instructed the servant who was over his household, "Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.

A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

General references

And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.