But Abram said,“ Lord and King, how can I know I will have this land as my own?”

亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我怎能知道必得这地为业呢？”

亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我怎能知道我必得这地为业呢？”

亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我怎能知道我必得这地为业呢？”

亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我怎么知道我会得到这片土地呢？”

亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我凭什么能知道我必得这地为业呢？”

亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我怎能知道我会拥有这地呢？”

亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎能知道必得這地為業呢？」

亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎能知道我必得這地為業呢？」

亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎能知道我必得這地為業呢？」

亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎麼知道我會得到這片土地呢？」

亞伯蘭說：“主耶和華啊，我憑甚麼能知道我必得這地為業呢？”

亞伯蘭說：『主啊，我憑甚麼能知道我要取得這地為基業呢？』

亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎能知道我會擁有這地呢？」

曰、主耶和華歟、我承此地、何以知之、

曰、吾主耶和華、我得此地、何以知之。

曰、主天主歟、我得此地為業、何以知之、

But Abram said,“ Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”

But he said,“ O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

But Abram replied,“ O Sovereign Lord, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”

But he said,“ Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

But he said,“ Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?”

And he said,“ Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?”

And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

But he said,“ Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?”

And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

But Abram said,“ O sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?”

He said,“ Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

Zechariah asked the angel,“ How can I be sure of this? I am an old man, and my wife is old too.”

Gideon said to God,“ You promised you would use me to save Israel.Please do something for me. I’ll put a piece of wool on the threshing floor. Suppose dew is only on the wool tomorrow morning. And suppose the ground all around it is dry. Then I will know that you will use me to save Israel. I’ll know that your promise will come true.”And that’s what happened. Gideon got up early the next day. He squeezed the dew out of the wool. The water filled a bowl.Then Gideon said to God,“ Don’t be angry with me. Let me ask you for just one more thing. Let me use the wool for one more test. But this time make the wool dry. And let the ground be covered with dew.”So that night God did it. Only the wool was dry. The ground all around it was covered with dew.

Prove your goodness to me. Then my enemies will see it and be put to shame. Lord, you have helped me and given me comfort.

Hezekiah had said to Isaiah,“ You say the Lord will heal me. You say that I’ll go up to his temple on the third day from now. What will the sign be to prove he’ll really do that?”

“ I am the Lord your God. Ask me to give you a sign. It can be anything in the deepest grave or in the highest heaven.”

I’m standing beside this spring. The daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out here to get water.I will speak to a young woman. I’ll say to her,‘ Please lower your jar so I can have a drink.’ Suppose she says,‘ Have a drink of water, and I’ll get some for your camels too.’ Then let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. That’s how I’ll know you have been kind to my master.”

“ How can this happen?” Mary asked the angel.“ I am a virgin.”

The best servant in his house was in charge of everything Abraham had. Abraham said to him,“ Put your hand under my thigh.The Lord is the God of heaven and the God of earth. I want you to make a promise to me in his name. I’m living among the people of Canaan. But I want you to promise me that you won’t get a wife for my son from their daughters.Instead, promise me that you will go to my country and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son Isaac from there.”

Gideon replied,“ If you are pleased with me, give me a special sign. Then I’ll know that it’s really you talking to me.Please don’t go away until I come back. I’ll bring my offering and set it down in front of you.” The Lord said,“ I will wait until you return.”Gideon went inside and prepared a young goat. From 36 pounds of flour he made bread without using yeast. He put the meat in a basket. In a pot he put soup made from the meat. Then he brought all of it and offered it to the Lord under the oak tree.The angel of God said to Gideon,“ Take the meat and the bread. Place them on this rock. Then pour out the soup.” So Gideon did it.The angel of the Lord had a walking stick in his hand. With the tip of the stick he touched the meat and the bread. Fire blazed out of the rock. It burned up the meat and the bread. Then the angel of the Lord disappeared.Gideon realized it was the angel of the Lord. He cried out,“ Oh no, my Lord and King, I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”But the Lord said to him,“ May peace be with you! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.”So Gideon built an altar there to honor the Lord. He called it The Lord Is Peace. It still stands in Ophrah to this day. Ophrah is in the territory that belongs to the family line of Abiezer.

Suppose they say to us,‘ Wait there until we come to you.’ Then we’ll stay where we are. We won’t go up to them.But suppose they say,‘ Come up to us.’ Then we’ll climb up. That will show us that the Lord has handed them over to us.”