“Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.””
Genesis 15:3
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What was Abram really saying about his servant Eliezer?
Clay tablets from Nuzi, from roughly Abram's corner of the ancient world, record this practice: a childless couple could legally adopt a trusted servant as heir, and a natural son, if one came, would take his place. Abram had an heir on paper, Eliezer of Damascus, and that contract did not agree with God's promise in Genesis 12.
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