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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 15:2

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Genesis 15:2 (WEB)

Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

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The Sixth Commandment

  • §2374Article 6 · The Sixth CommandmentRead at vatican.va

    “"What will you give me," asks Abraham of God, "for I continue childless?"” — Catechism footnote: Gen 15:2.

In the Old Testament

  • §2570Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

    “Only later does Abraham's first prayer in words appear: a veiled complaint reminding God of his promises which seem unfulfilled.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 15:2 f.

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