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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 15:4

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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This shall not be thine heir--To the first part of his address no reply was given; but having renewed it in a spirit of more becoming submission, "whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it" [Gen 15:8], he was delighted by a most explicit promise of Canaan, which was immediately confirmed by a remarkable ceremony.
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