Genesis 15

1 And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”

After - the things these it came [the] word of Yahweh to Abram in the vision saying may not you fear O Abram I [am] a shield of you reward your [will be] great very.

2 And Abram said: “Lord God, what will you give to me? I may go without children. And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”

And he said Abram O Lord Yahweh what? will you give to me and I [am] going childless and [the] son of [the] acquisition of household my he [is] Damascus Eliezer.

3 And Abram added: “Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir.”

And he said Abram here! to me not you have given offspring and there! [the] son of household my [is] inheriting me.

4 And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: “This one will not be your heir. But he who will come from your loins, the same will you have for your heir.”

And there! [the] word of Yahweh [was] to him saying not he will inherit you this [one] that except [one] who he will come out from inward parts your he he will inherit you.

5 And he brought him outside, and he said to him, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.”

And he brought out him the outside towards and he said look please the heavens towards and count the stars if you are able to count them and he said to him thus it will be offspring your.

6 Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

And he believed in Yahweh and he credited it to him righteousness.

7 And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”

And he said to him I [am] Yahweh who I brought out you from Ur of [the] Chaldeans to give to you the land this to take possession of it.

8 But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”

And he said O Lord Yahweh how? will I know that I will take possession of it.

9 And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”

And he said to him bring! to me a heifer three years old and a goat three years old and a ram three years old and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.

10 Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.

And he brought to him all these and he cut in pieces them in the middle and he set each piece its to meet neighbor its and the bird[s] not he cut in two.

11 And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

And it came down the bird[s] of prey on the carcasses and he drove away them Abram.

12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.

And it was the sun [about] to go and a deep sleep it fell on Abram and there! dread darkness great [was] falling on him.

13 And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.

And he said to Abram certainly you will know that a sojourner - it will be offspring your in a land [which] not [belongs] to them and they will serve them and they will afflict them four hundred year[s].

14 Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve, and after this they will depart with great substance.

And also the nation which they will serve [will be] judging I and after thus they will come out with possession[s] great.

15 But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.

And you you will go to ancestors your in peace you will be buried in old age good.

16 But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”

And [the] generation fourth they will return hither for not [is] complete [the] iniquity of the Amorite[s] until now.

17 Then, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

And it was the sun it had gone and darkness it was and there! a fire pot of smoke and a torch of fire which it passed between the pieces these.

18 On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

On the day that he made Yahweh with Abram a covenant saying to offspring your I give the land this from [the] river of Egypt to the river great [the] river of Euphrates.

19 the land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites

The Kenite[s] and the Kenizzite[s] and the Kadmonite[s].

20 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, likewise the Rephaim,

And the Hittite[s] and the Perizzite[s] and the Rephaites.

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

And the Amorite[s] and the Canaanite[s] and the Girgashite[s] and the Jebusite[s].