Genesis 15:3

And Abram continued, “Since You have given no child to me, one (a servant) born in my house is my heir.”

Genesis 14:14

When Abram heard that his nephew [Lot] had been captured, he armed and led out his trained men, born in his own house, [numbering] three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far [north] as Dan.

Genesis 12:2


And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you [abundantly],
And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Proverbs 13:12


Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Proverbs 29:21


He who pampers his slave from childhood
Will find him to be a son in the end.

Proverbs 30:23


Under an unloved woman when she gets married,
And under a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I bought male and female slaves and had slaves born in my house. I also possessed herds and flocks larger than any who preceded me in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 12:1

You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You;
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?

Hebrews 10:35-36

Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.

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Summary

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

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Behold

Genesis 12:2

And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you [abundantly],
And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
Genesis 13:16
I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Jeremiah 12:1
You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You;
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
Hebrews 10:35
Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.

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Hebrews 6:15
And so, having patiently waited, he realized the promise [in the miraculous birth of Isaac, as a pledge of what was to come from God].