But Abram said, “Lord [a]God, what will You give me, since I [b]am childless, and the [c]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Abram also said, “[d]Since You have given me no [e]son, [f]one who has been (A)born in my house is my heir.” Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; (B)but one who will come from your own [g]body shall be your heir.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Genesis 15:2 Lit go
  3. Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition
  4. Genesis 15:3 Lit Behold
  5. Genesis 15:3 Lit seed
  6. Genesis 15:3 Lit then behold, a son of my
  7. Genesis 15:4 Lit inward parts

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