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Selected Verse: Genesis 15:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 15:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And, behold, the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto him, saying [0559], This shall not be thine heir [03423]; but he that shall come forth [03318] out of thine own bowels [04578] shall be thine heir [03423]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| This shall not be thine heir--To the first part of his address no reply was given; but having renewed it in a spirit of more becoming submission, "whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it" [Gen 15:8], he was delighted by a most explicit promise of Canaan, which was immediately confirmed by a remarkable ceremony. |
8 And he said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], whereby [04100] shall I know [03045] that I shall inherit it [03423]?