Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

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.

2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

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?

3 And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.

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

4 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.

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.

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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.

6 And he believed in the Lord; and he accounted it to him for righteousness.

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

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

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.

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

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

9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

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.

10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.

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.

11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away.

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

12 And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.

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

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

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.

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

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

15 But thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

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

16 Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.

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

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

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

18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

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.

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

The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

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

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

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