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Genesis 15:8
He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
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Genesis 15:8 in other translations
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
He said, "Lord God, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
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In context
5 The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6 He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
7 He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10 He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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