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Genesis 15:2-5

2And Abramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Lordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיֱהוִה֙Yah.wehH3069,what wilt thou giveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414me, seeing I goהוֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980childlessעֲרִירִ֑י'a.ri.RiH6185,and the stewardוּבֶן־ מֶ֣שֶׁקu.ven- Me.shekH4943 H1121of my houseבֵּיתִ֔יbei.TiH1004isthisה֖וּאhu'H1931Eliezerאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃'e.li.'E.zerH461of Damascusדַּמֶּ֥שֶׂקda.Me.sekH1834?

3And Abramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, to me thou hast givenנָתַ֖תָּהna.Ta.tahH5414noלֹ֥אlo'H3808seedזָ֑רַעZa.ra'H2233:and, lo, one bornבֶן־ven-H1121in my houseבֵּיתִ֖יbei.TiH1004is mine heirיוֹרֵ֥שׁyo.ReshH3423.

4And, behold, the wordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068cameunto him, sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,This shall not be thine heirיִֽירָשְׁךָ֖yi.ra.she.KhaH3423;but he that shall come forthיֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'H3318out of thine own bowelsמִמֵּעֶ֔יךָmi.me.'Ei.khaH4578shall be thine heirיִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃Yi.ra.She.khaH3423.

5And he brought him forthוַיּוֹצֵ֨אvai.yo.Tze'H3318abroadהַח֗וּצָהha.Chu.tzahH2351,and saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Lookהַבֶּט־ha.bet-H5027now toward heavenהַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָהha.sha.May.mahH8064,and tellוּסְפֹר֙u.se.ForH5608the starsהַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםha.Ko.kha.VimH3556,if thou be ableתּוּכַ֖לtu.KhalH3201to numberלִסְפֹּ֣רlis.PorH5608them: and he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, Soכֹּ֥הkohH3541shall thy seedזַרְעֶֽךָ׃zar.'E.khaH2233be.

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