He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- BSB But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
- NKJV And he said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
- NASB But he said, “Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?”
- NLT But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
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- Luke 1:18Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
- Luke 1:34Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
- 2 Kgs 20:8Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?”
- Isa 7:11“Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
- Judg 6:17–24He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
- Judg 6:36–40Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
- Ps 86:17Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.
- Gen 24:2–4Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
- Gen 24:13–14Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
- 1 Sam 14:9–10If they say thus to us, ‘Wait until we come to you!’ then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
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