Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 15:8
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But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
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And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
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And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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Genesis 15
6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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