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.
KJV
Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum, dicens : Non erit hic hæres tuus, sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis hæredem.
Vulgate
καὶ εὐθὺς φωνὴ Κυρίου ἐγένετο πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων Οὐ κληρονομήσει σε οὗτος· ἀλλ’ ὅς ἐξελεύσεται ἐκ σοῦ, οὗτος κληρονομήσει σε.
LXX
And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
ASV
וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה דְבַר יְהוָ֤ה אֵלָי/ו֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א יִֽירָשְׁ/ךָ֖ זֶ֑ה כִּי אִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵצֵ֣א מִ/מֵּעֶ֔י/ךָ ה֖וּא יִֽירָשֶֽׁ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 26.—Of God’s Attestation to Abraham, by Which He Assures Him, When Now Old, of a Son by the Barren Sarah, and Appoints Him the Father of the Nations, and Seals His Faith in the Promise by the Sacrament of Circumcision. After these things Ishmael was born of Hagar; and Abraham might think that in him 326 was fulfilled what God had promised him, saying, when he wished to …
Cross-references
- 2Chr 32:21 — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he
- 2Sam 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Gal 4:28 — Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
- Gen 17:16 — And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
- Gen 21:12 — And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy s
- Isa 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
- Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.