15:2 |
tNIV | But Abram said, “O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” | But Abram said, “O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” | But Abram said, “O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” |
15:4 |
NIV2011 | Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir.” | Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir.” | Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from who is your own body flesh and blood will be your heir.” |
15:5 |
NIV2011 | He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” | He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” | He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” |
15:8 |
tNIV | But Abram said, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” | But Abram said, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” | But Abram said, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” |
15:13 |
tNIV | Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. | Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and that they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years there. | Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and that they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years there. |
15:15 |
tNIV | You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. | You, however, will go to your fathers ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. | You, however, will go to your fathers ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. |
15:18 |
tNIV | On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— | On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— | On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— |