Genesis 15:8
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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,

Lexicon
But [Abram] replied,
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Lord
אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

GOD,
יֱהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

how
בַּמָּ֥ה (bam·māh)
Preposition-b | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can I know
אֵדַ֖ע (’ê·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

that
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I will possess it?”
אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃ (’î·rā·šen·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin


Additional Translations
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?

And he said, O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said, Lord GOD, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
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