Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.

After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'

2 And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, see, one born in my house is my heir.

And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir.

And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, 'This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your seed be.

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.

7 And he said to him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.

And He saith unto him, 'I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

9 And he said to him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

And He saith unto him, 'Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

10 And he took to him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

11 And when the fowls came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, see, an horror of great darkness fell on him.

And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

13 And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

and He saith to Abram, 'knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

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

and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

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

and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'