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Genesis 15:6–9

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And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And 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.
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
And 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.
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From verse 6

  1. James 2:23Rank 1 from verse 6
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    23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

  2. Galatians 3:6–14Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

    7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

    9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

    11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

    12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  3. Romans 4:9Rank 3 from verse 6
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    9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

  4. Romans 4:20–25Rank 4 from verse 6
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    20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

    21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

    22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

    23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

    24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

    25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

  5. Romans 4:3–6Rank 5 from verse 6
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    3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

    4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

  6. Hebrews 11:8Rank 6 from verse 6
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  7. Psalms 106:31Rank 7 from verse 6
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    31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

  8. Romans 4:11Rank 8 from verse 6
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    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

  9. 2 Corinthians 5:19Rank 9 from verse 6
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    19To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

From verse 7

  1. Genesis 12:1Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

  2. Acts 7:2–4Rank 2 from verse 7
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    2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

    3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

    4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

  3. Genesis 13:15–17Rank 3 from verse 7
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    15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

    16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

    17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

  4. Nehemiah 9:7–8Rank 4 from verse 7
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    7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

    8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

  5. Psalms 105:42Rank 5 from verse 7
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    42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

  6. Psalms 105:44Rank 6 from verse 7
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    44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

  7. Romans 4:13Rank 7 from verse 7
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    13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  8. Genesis 12:7Rank 8 from verse 7
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    7And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  9. Psalms 105:11Rank 9 from verse 7
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    11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

  10. Genesis 11:28–31Rank 10 from verse 7
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    28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

    29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

    30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

    31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

From verse 8

  1. Luke 1:18Rank 1 from verse 8
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    18And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

  2. Luke 1:34Rank 2 from verse 8
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    34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

  3. 2 Kings 20:8Rank 3 from verse 8
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    8¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?

  4. Isaiah 7:11Rank 4 from verse 8
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    11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

  5. Judges 6:17–24Rank 5 from verse 8
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    17And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

    18Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

    19¶ And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

    20And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

    21¶ Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

    22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

    23And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

    24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

  6. Judges 6:36–40Rank 6 from verse 8
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    36¶ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

    37Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

    38And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

    39And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

    40And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

  7. Psalms 86:17Rank 7 from verse 8
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    17Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

  8. 1 Samuel 14:9–10Rank 8 from verse 8
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    9If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

    10But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.

  9. Genesis 24:13–14Rank 9 from verse 8
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    13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

    14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

  10. Genesis 24:2–4Rank 10 from verse 8
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    2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

    3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

    4But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

From verse 9

  1. Leviticus 14:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

  2. Leviticus 14:30Rank 2 from verse 9
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    30And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;

  3. Luke 2:24Rank 3 from verse 9
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    24And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

  4. Leviticus 1:14Rank 4 from verse 9
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    14¶ And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

  5. Leviticus 3:1Rank 5 from verse 9
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    1AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

  6. Leviticus 3:6Rank 6 from verse 9
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    6¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

  7. Leviticus 9:2Rank 7 from verse 9
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    2And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

  8. Genesis 22:13Rank 8 from verse 9
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    13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

  9. Isaiah 15:5Rank 9 from verse 9
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    5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  10. Leviticus 1:10Rank 10 from verse 9
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    10¶ And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

  11. Leviticus 1:3Rank 11 from verse 9
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    3If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.

  12. Leviticus 12:8Rank 12 from verse 9
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    8And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

  13. Leviticus 9:4Rank 13 from verse 9
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    4Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the Lord will appear unto you.

  14. Psalms 50:5Rank 14 from verse 9
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    5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

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Genesis 15:6

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believed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of believe. Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

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in

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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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counted

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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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Genesis 15:7

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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Genesis 15:8

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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GOD

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The divine name of the living God, used chiefly in the title Lord GOD.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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Genesis 15:9

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

young

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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

15:2And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

15:4And, 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.

15:5And 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.

15:6And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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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.

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15:8And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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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.

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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.

15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove 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.

15:13And 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;

15:14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: 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.

15:16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity 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.

15:18In 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:

15:19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

15:20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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