Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 15:3 in other translations
| BSB | Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.” |
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| WEB | Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.” |
| ASV | And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. |
| YLT | And Abram saith, ‘Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.' |
| DARBY | And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir. |
| BBE | And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage. |
| Webster | And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is my heir. |
What does Genesis 15:3 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 15:2-6
Though we must never complain of God, yet we have leave to complain to him; and to state all our grievances. It is ease to a burdened spirit, to open its case to a faithful and compassionate friend. Abram's complaint is, that he had no child; that he was never likely to have any; that the want of a son was so great a trouble to him, that it took away all his comfort. If we suppose that Abram looked no further than…
Genesis 15:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 15:3
- Genesis 14:14
And 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.
- Proverbs 29:21
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
- Ecclesiastes 2:7
I 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:
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Context
- Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
- Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
- Genesis 15:4
And, 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.
Genesis 15:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dijo más Abram: Mira que no me has dado prole, y he aquí que es mi heredero uno nacido en mi casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abram dit: Voici, tu ne m’as pas donné de postérité; et voici, celui qui est né dans ma maison est mon héritier. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Abram sprach: Siehe, mir hast du keinen Samen gegeben, und siehe, der Sohn meines Hauses wird mich beerben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Addiditque Abram: Mihi autem non dedisti semen, et ecce vernaculus meus, hæres meus erit. |