Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, thy exceedingly great reward.

After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

2 And Abram said, O lord Jehovah, what will thou give me, since I go childless. And he who shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

3 And Abram said, Behold, thou have given no seed to me. And, lo, a man born in my house is my heir.

And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but he who shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

6 And he believed in Jehovah, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

7 And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

8 And he said, O lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

9 And he said to him, Take a heifer three years old for me, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

10 And he took all these for him, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half opposite the other. But he did not divide the birds.

All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

13 And he said to Abram, Know of a certainty that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs. And shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

14 And also I will judge that nation, whom they shall serve, and afterward they shall come out with great substance.

But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

15 But thou will go to thy fathers in peace; thou will be buried in a good old age.

As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.