Genesis 15:6
4 Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
5 And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
- KJV
- And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
- WEB
- He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
- ASV
- And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
- DARBY
- And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.
- BLB
- And he believed in YHWH, and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
- ÅB
- Og Abram trodde på Herren, og han regnet ham det til rettferdighet.
- OTB
- Abram stolte på Herren, og det ble regnet ham til rettferdighet.
- B1930
- Og Abram trodde på Herren, og han regnet ham det til rettferdighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Read in contextGalatians 3:6–14
So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Read in contextRomans 4:9
Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
Read in contextRomans 4:20–25
Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Read in contextRomans 4:3–6
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Read in contextPsalms 106:31
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
Read in contextHebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
Read in contextRomans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
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