But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and (A)a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; (B)your very own son[b] shall be your heir.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:2 Or I shall die
  2. Genesis 15:4 Hebrew what will come out of your own loins

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