Genesis 15:4
Good News Translation
Then he heard the LORD speaking to him again: "This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir."

New Revised Standard Version
But the word of the LORD came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.”

Contemporary English Version
The LORD replied, "No, he won't! You will have a son of your own, and everything you have will be his."

New American Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to him: No, that one will not be your heir; your own offspring will be your heir.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying : He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying : He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

shall come.

Genesis 17:16 And I will bless her, and of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless, and he shall become nations, and kings of people shall spring from him.

Genesis 21:12 And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of the bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 16:11 And the king said to Abisai, and to all his servants: Behold my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now a son of Jemini? let him alone that he may curse as the Lord hath bidden him.

2 Chronicles 32:21 And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the stout men and the warriors, and the captains of the army of the king of the Assyrians: and he returned with disgrace into his own country. And when he was come into the house of his god, his sons that came out of his bowels, slew him with the sword.

Philemon 1:12 Whom I have sent back to thee. And do thou receive him as my own bowels.

Context
God's Covenant with Abram
3And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant born in my house, shall be my heir. 4And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying : He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.5And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.…
Cross References
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Genesis 15:1
Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

Genesis 15:3
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