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 Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and your very 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?
Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is 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.
Abram said, “Since you have given me no descendant, see, the steward of my house is my 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.
Then, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but rather the one who will come from your own body will be your 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.
Then he brought him outside, and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in Jehovah, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
He believed Yahweh, and he counted 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.
He said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, O lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will 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.
Then he said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, 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.
He brought him all these, and cut them in two, and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.
11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove 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.
Then when the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep and, behold, a deep and terrifying darkness overwhelmed 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.
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will be enslaved and oppressed 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.
I will judge that nation that they will serve, and afterward they will come out with abundant possessions.
15 But thou will go to thy fathers in peace; thou will be buried in a good old age.
But you will go to your fathers in peace, and you will 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.
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
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.
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the 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 that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
