Genesis 15:1-6

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Abram Promised a Son

15 After these things ^(A)the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“^(B)Do not fear, Abram,
I am ^(C)a shield to you;
^[a]Your ^(D)reward shall be very great.”

²But Abram said, “Lord ^[b]God, what will You give me, since I ^[c]am childless, and the ^[d]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³Abram also said, “^[e]Since You have given me no ^[f]son, ^[g]one who has been ^(E)born in my house is my heir.” ⁴Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; ^(F)but one who will come from your own ^[h]body shall be your heir.” ⁵And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and ^(G)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “^(H)So shall your ^[i]descendants be.” ⁶^(I)Then he believed in the Lord; and He ^[j]credited it to him as righteousness.

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Footnotes

Genesis 15:1 Or Your very great reward
Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Genesis 15:2 Lit go
Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition
Genesis 15:3 Lit Behold
Genesis 15:3 Lit seed
Genesis 15:3 Lit then behold, a son of my
Genesis 15:4 Lit inward parts
Genesis 15:5 Lit seed
Genesis 15:6 Or imputed

Luke 12:35-40

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Be in Readiness

³⁵“^[a]^(A)Be prepared, and keep your ^(B)lamps lit. ³⁶You are also to be like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door for him when he comes and knocks. ³⁷Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find ^(C)on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that ^(D)he will ^[b]prepare himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and he will come up and serve them. ³⁸^(E)Whether he comes in the ^[c]second watch, or even in the ^[d]third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

³⁹“^(F)But ^[e]be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be ^(G)broken into. ⁴⁰^(H)You too, be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think He will.”