Genesis 15:1-6 English Standard Version
God's Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: (A)“Fear not, Abram, I am (B)your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and (C)a member of my household will be my heir.” 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; (D)your very own son[b] shall be your heir.” 5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and (E)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, (F)“So shall your offspring be.” 6 And (G)he believed the Lord, and (H)he counted it to him as righteousness.
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- Genesis 15:2 Or I shall die
- Genesis 15:4 Hebrew what will come out of your own loins
Cross references
- Genesis 15:1 : ch. 26:24; Dan. 10:12; Luke 1:13, 30
- Genesis 15:1 : Ps. 3:3; 18:2; 84:11; 119:114
- Genesis 15:3 : ch. 14:14
- Genesis 15:4 : ch. 17:16
- Genesis 15:5 : Ps. 147:4
- Genesis 15:5 : ch. 22:17; 26:4; Ex. 32:13; Deut. 1:10; 10:22; 1 Chr. 27:23; Heb. 11:12; Cited Rom. 4:18
- Genesis 15:6 : Rom. 4:9, 22; Gal. 3:6; James 2:23
- Genesis 15:6 : Cited Rom. 4:3; [Ps. 106:31]
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