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Abram answered, “My Lord God, what will you give me? I will pass away without children and my heir will be Eliezer of Damascus.” Abram continued, “Behold, you have not given me descendants, and my servant will be my heir.”

Then the word of the Lord came unto him, “He will not be your heir; your own child will be your heir.”

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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(A) what can you give me since I remain childless(B) and the one who will inherit[a] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?(C) And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant(D) in my household(E) will be my heir.”

Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.