Genesis 15:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

God’s Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” ² But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”^{[a] 3} And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.”