Genesis 15

1 After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.

Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

2 And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

4 Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

6 And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

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

7 Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.

And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.

8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?

But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

9 Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon.

And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

10 So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not.

And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.

And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.

And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: and they shall intreate them euill.

And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age.

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.

But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.

And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

18 In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,

The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.

And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.