Genesis 15
1 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.
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, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
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, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
And Abram said, [I am grieved] since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
4 Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
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 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.
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 had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
7 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.
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 God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 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.
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 All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
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 evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
13 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;
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 But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
15 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.
But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not 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 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.
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 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:
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, 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.
