Verse
Genesis 15:6 — And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for…
“And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
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The verses around Genesis 15:6.
4And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Verse explanation
Saying that God “counted it to him for righteousness” is an old way of saying that He regarded Abram’s trust in the promise as something that put him in good standing with Him, without Abram having done anything more than believe. It’s a dense phrase, and different readers interpret its scope in different ways.
From the Genesis 15 study in Bible in Stories.
Genesis 15:6 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E creu elle no Senhor, e imputou-lhe isto por justiça.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E creu ao SENHOR, e contou-lhe por justiça.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Y Abram creyó en lo que el Señor le dijo, y el Señor concluyó que Abram y él tenían una relación buena.
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