Genesis 15:2-3

Genesis 15:2-3

[2] And Abram  said,  Lord  GOD,  what wilt thou give  me, seeing I go  childless,  and the steward  of my house  is this  Eliezer  of Damascus?  [3] And Abram  said,  Behold, to me thou hast given  no  seed:  and, lo, one born  in my house  is mine heir. 

What does Genesis 15:2-3 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Abram used a new title for God calling Him Master (Adonai) Yahweh (i.e, Sovereign LORD). Abram had willingly placed himself under the sovereign leadership of God.
"A childless couple adopts a Song of Solomon , sometimes a slave, to serve them in their lifetime and bury and mourn them when they die. In return for this service they designate the adopted son as the heir presumptive. Should a natural son be born to the couple after such action, this son becomes the chief heir, demoting the adopted son to the penultimate position." [1]
The wordplay between the Hebrew words mesheq ("heir") and dammesek ("Damascus") highlights the incongruity that Abram"s heir would apparently be an alien (cf. Jeremiah 49:1).