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Genesis 15:3

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

KJV

Addiditque Abram : Mihi autem non dedisti semen, et ecce vernaculus meus, hæres meus erit.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβράμ Ἐπειδὴ ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔδωκας σπέρμα, ὁ δὲ οἰκογενής μου κληρονομήσει με.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֔ם הֵ֣ן לִ֔/י לֹ֥א נָתַ֖תָּה זָ֑רַע וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה בֶן בֵּיתִ֖/י יוֹרֵ֥שׁ אֹתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 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:
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Jer 2:14 — Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
  • Prov 29:21 — He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.