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.
his itaque transactis factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens noli timere Abram ego protector tuus sum et merces tua magna nimis
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?
dixitque Abram Domine Deus quid dabis mihi ego vadam absque liberis et filius procuratoris domus meae iste Damascus Eliezer
3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
addiditque Abram mihi autem non dedisti semen et ecce vernaculus meus heres meus erit
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.
statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum dicens non erit hic heres tuus sed qui egredietur de utero tuo ipsum habebis heredem
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.
eduxitque eum foras et ait illi suspice caelum et numera stellas si potes et dixit ei sic erit semen tuum
6 And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
credidit Domino et reputatum est ei ad iustitiam
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.
dixitque ad eum ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldeorum ut darem tibi terram istam et possideres eam
8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
at ille ait Domine Deus unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam
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.
respondens Dominus sume inquit mihi vaccam triennem et capram trimam et arietem annorum trium turturem quoque et columbam
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.
qui tollens universa haec divisit per medium et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit aves autem non divisit
11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.
descenderuntque volucres super cadavera et abigebat eas Abram
12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.
cumque sol occumberet sopor inruit super Abram et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum
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.
dictumque est ad eum scito praenoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua et subicient eos servituti et adfligent quadringentis annis
14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
verumtamen gentem cui servituri sunt ego iudicabo et post haec egredientur cum magna substantia
15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace sepultus in senectute bona
16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
generatione autem quarta revertentur huc necdum enim conpletae sunt iniquitates Amorreorum usque ad praesens tempus
17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.
cum ergo occubuisset sol facta est caligo tenebrosa et apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas
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.
in die illo pepigit Dominus cum Abram foedus dicens semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Aegypti usque ad fluvium magnum flumen Eufraten
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,
Cineos et Cenezeos et Cedmoneos
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
et Hettheos et Ferezeos Rafaim quoque
21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
et Amorreos et Chananeos et Gergeseos et Iebuseos
