Genesis 15:8
Good News Translation
But Abram asked, "Sovereign LORD, how can I know that it will be mine?"

New Revised Standard Version
But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

Contemporary English Version
Abram asked, "LORD God, how can I know the land will be mine?"

New American Bible
“Lord GOD,” he asked, “how will I know that I will possess it?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Genesis 24:2-4,13,14 And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh, . . .

Judges 6:17-24,36-40 And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me: . . .

1 Samuel 14:9,10 If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them. . . .

2 Kings 20:8 And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day?

Psalm 86:17 Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.

Isaiah 7:11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.

Luke 1:18,34 And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. . . .

Context
God Confirms His Promise
8But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?9And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years. and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.…
Cross References
Luke 1:18
And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.

Genesis 15:9
And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years. and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

Genesis 28:4
And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather.

Genesis 50:24
After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death, and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Judges 6:36
And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

Genesis 15:7
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