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.
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly 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, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.
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 behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy 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 forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
And he believed in the Lord; and he accounted it 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 unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give unto thee this land, to inherit it.
8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
And he said, Lord God, whereby 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 unto 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 All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.
11 And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell 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 he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict 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 also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they go out with great substance.
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 come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried 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.
Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.
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 it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those 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:
On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
19 The Kenite, 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 Emorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
