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 Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great 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, Lord Jehovah, 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, thou have given no seed to me. And, lo, a man born in my house is my heir.

And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.

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 behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body 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 led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

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

And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [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 Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.

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

And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess 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 me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-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.

And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.

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

And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared 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.

And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell 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 he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict 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.

But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.

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

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried 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 come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet 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.

And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those 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:

On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;

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

the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

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

and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

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

and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.