8But Abram said, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"


In Context

5 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."

6 Abram believed the Lord , and he credited it to him as righteousness.

7 He also said to him, "I am the Lord , who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."

8 But Abram said, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"

9 So the Lord said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."

10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.

Genesis 15:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:8But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he said, O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8And he said, Lord GOD, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8He said, |Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?