“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.””
Genesis 15:4
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- Abram Believed God: The Night He Counted the Stars (Genesis 15)
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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Ten years after God made this promise to Abram, Sarai was still barren. In Genesis 16 she made a reasonable plan to end the long silence, and did what a woman of her world might have done.
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