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


In Context

5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, |Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.| He said to Abram, |So shall your seed be.|

6 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

7 He said to him, |I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.|

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

9 He said to him, |Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.|

10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:8But Abram said, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I know that I will gain possession of 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 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?