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.
And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.
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, Master [and] Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.]
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, [I am grieved] since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
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.
And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.
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 brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in Jehovah, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for 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 God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
8 And he said, O lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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 to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a 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.
So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
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 it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
14 And also I will judge that nation, whom they shall serve, and afterward they shall come out with great substance.
And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
15 But thou will go to thy fathers in peace; thou will be buried in a good old age.
But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
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 shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
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.
And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
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 a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
