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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 15:8 Catholic Bible: But Abram asked, "Sovereign LORD, how can I know that it will be mine?" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/genesis/15-8.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/genesis/15-8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" 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align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/15-7.htm" title="Genesis 15:7">◄</a> Genesis 15:8 <a href="../genesis/15-9.htm" title="Genesis 15:9">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/genesis/15.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/genesis/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But Abram asked, "Sovereign LORD, how can I know that it will be mine?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/genesis/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Abram asked, "LORD God, how can I know the land will be mine?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Lord GOD,” he asked, “how will I know that I will possess it?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/genesis/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/24-2.htm">Genesis 24:2-4,13,14</a> And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/6-17.htm">Judges 6:17-24,36-40</a> And he said: If I have found grace before thee, give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/14-9.htm">1 Samuel 14:9,10</a> 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. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_kings/20-8.htm">2 Kings 20:8</a> 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/86-17.htm">Psalm 86:17</a> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/7-11.htm">Isaiah 7:11</a> Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/1-18.htm">Luke 1:18,34</a> And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/genesis/15.htm">God Confirms His Promise</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl">But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?</span><span class="reftext">9</span>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.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/1-18.htm">Luke 1:18</a></span><br />And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/15-9.htm">Genesis 15:9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/28-4.htm">Genesis 28:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/6-36.htm">Judges 6:36</a></span><br />And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/genesis/15-7.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/genesis/15-2.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/1_john/2-18.htm">Whereby</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/15-10.htm">Abram</a> <a href="/genesis/37-26.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/exodus/23-17.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/genesis/44-5.htm">Whereby</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/genesis/15-8.htm">Genesis 15:8 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Abram But can gain GOD He how I it know LORD may O of possess possession said Sovereign that will<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/15-8.htm">OT Law: Genesis 15:8 He said Lord Yahweh how will (Gen. 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