Genesis 15:8
But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- At ille ait : Domine Deus, unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εἶπεν δέ Δέσποτα Κύριε, κατὰ τί γνώσομαι ὅτι κληρονομήσω αὐτήν;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהוִ֔ה בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה
Haydock's commentary
Whereby, &c. Thus the blessed Virgin Mary asked, how shall this be done? Luke i. 34, without the smallest degree of unbelief. Abram wished to know, by what signs he should be declared the lawful owner of the land. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.