Genesis 15
1 And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great.
After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what will you give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.]
Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 And Abram said, [I am grieved] since you have given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
4 And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.
Behold, the LORD’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
5 And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall your seed be.
The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6 And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
7 And he said to him, I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit.
He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur-Kasdim, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9 And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10 So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11 And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
13 And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
14 And the nation whoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
15 But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
16 And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
17 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
