Genesis 15:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
In context
6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
Genesis 15:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?