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Genesis 15:4-8

4And,beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009, thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068cameיֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'H3318unto him,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, This man shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808be thineheirיִֽירָשְׁךָ֖yi.ra.she.KhaH3423; but he that shallcomeH3318forthH3318outH3318of thineownH4578bowelsH4578shall be thineheirיִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃Yi.ra.She.khaH3423.

5And hebroughtH3318himforthH3318abroadהַח֗וּצָהha.Chu.tzahH2351, andsaidH559,Lookהַבֶּט־ha.bet-H5027nowנָ֣אna'H4994towardheavenהַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָהha.sha.May.mahH8064, andtellH559thestarsהַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםha.Ko.kha.VimH3556,ifאִם־'im-H518thou beableתּוּכַ֖לtu.KhalH3201totellH559them: and hesaidH559unto him,Soכֹּ֥הkohH3541shall thyseedזַרְעֶֽךָ׃zar.'E.khaH2233be.

6And hebelievedוְהֶאֱמִ֖ןve.he.'e.MinH539in theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068; and hecountedוַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָvai.yach.she.Ve.haH2803it to him forrighteousnessצְדָקָֽה׃tze.da.KahH6666.

7And hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, I am theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068thatbroughtH3318theeoutH3318of Ur of theChaldeesכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.DimH3778, togiveלָ֧תֶתLa.tetH5414thee thislandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776toinheritלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

8And hesaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, OLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136, whereby shall Iknowאֵדַ֖ע'e.Da'H3045that I shallinheritאִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃'I.ra.She.nahH3423it?

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