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Gen 15:3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Behold		Gen 12:2; Gen 13:16; Pro 13:12; Jer 12:1; Hbr 10:35,36
born		Gen 14:14; Pro 29:21; Pro 30:23; Ecc 2:7

Correlating Passages

Behold

	Gen 12:2	And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
	Gen 13:16	And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.
	Pro 13:12	Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
	Jer 12:1	Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
	Hbr 10:35	Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
	Hbr 10:36	For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

born

	Gen 14:14	And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan.
	Pro 29:21	He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
	Pro 30:23	For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
	Ecc 2:7	I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 15:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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