Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And Abram said; Behold, to mee thou hast given no seed: and loe, one borne in my house is mine heire.
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- Genesis 14:14Rank 1 from verse 3
14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captiue, he ‖armed his ‖trained seruants borne in his owne house, three hundred and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Dan.
- Proverbs 29:21Rank 2 from verse 3
- Ecclesiastes 2:7Rank 3 from verse 3
7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
7†I got me seruants and maydens, and had seruants borne in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattell, aboue all that were in Ierusalem before me.
- Hebrews 10:35–36Rank 4 from verse 3
35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
35Cast not away therfore your confidence which hath great recompense of reward.
36For ye haue need of patience, that shall after ye haue done the will of God ye might receiue the promise.
- Jeremiah 12:1Rank 5 from verse 3
1RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
1¶ ‖*Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I pleade with thee: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: Wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happie that deale very treacherously?
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Genesis 15:3
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.
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An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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One entitled or appointed to receive an inheritance.
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15:1AFTER these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
15:1¶ After these things, the word of the LORD came vnto Abram in a vision, saying; Feare not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding *great reward.
15:2And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
15:2And Abram said, LORD GOD, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
15:3And Abram said; Behold, to mee thou hast given no seed: and loe, one borne in my house is mine heire.
Selected passage15:4And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
15:4And behold, the word of the LORD came vnto him, saying; This shall not be thine heire: but he that shall come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire.
15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, *So shall thy seed be.
15:6And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
15:6And he *beleeued in the LORD; and hee counted it to him for righteousnesse.
15:7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
15:7And he said vnto him; I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Caldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it.
15:8And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
15:8And he said, LORD GOD, whereby shal I know that I shall inherit it?
15:9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
15:9And he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee goat of three yeeres old, and a ramme of three yeeres old, and a turtle doue, and a yong pigeon.
15:10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
15:10And he tooke vnto him all these, and diuided them in the midst, and layd each peece one against another: but the birds diuided he not.
15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
15:11And when the fowles came downe vpon the carcases, Abram droue them away.
15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
15:12And when the Sunne was going downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon Abram: and loe, an horrour of great darkenesse fell vpon him.
15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
15:13And he said vnto Abram, Know of a surety, *that thy seed shalbe a stranger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal serue them, and they shall afflict them foure hundred yeeres.
15:14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15:14And also that nation whom they shall serue, wil I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
15:15And thou shalt goe to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full.
15:17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
15:17And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a †burning lampe that passed betweene those pieces.
15:18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
15:18In that same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; *Unto thy seed haue I giuen this land from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates:
15:19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
15:19The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites:
15:20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
15:20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.