3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
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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.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
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:
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. …
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?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-6)We have here the assurance given to Abram of a numerous offspring which should descend from him, in which observe, I. Abram’s repeated complaint, Gen. 15:2 , 3 . This was that which gave occasion to this promise. The great affliction that sat heavy upon Abram was the want of a child; and the complaint of this he here pours out before the Lord, and shows before him his trouble , Ps. 142:2. Note, Th…
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