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 deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.
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 answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne.
3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre.
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 beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.
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 at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.
6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes.
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 sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.
8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse 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 sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of. iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge 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 toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not.
11 And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym.
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 sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.
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.
But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace.
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.
Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:
16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.
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.
When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.
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:
And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:
19 The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites
20 And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims
21 And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.
