Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great.”
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and your very great reward.”
2 And Abram says, “Lord YHWH, what do You give to me, and I am going childless? And an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.”
Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”
Abram said, “Since you have given me no descendant, see, the steward of my house is my heir.”
4 And behold, the word of YHWH [is] to him, saying, “This [one] will not be your heir; but he who comes out from your bowels, he will be your heir”;
Then, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but rather the one who will come from your own body will be your heir.”
5 and He brings him out outside and says, “Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them”; and He says to him, “Thus is your seed.”
Then he brought him outside, and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
6 And he has believed in YHWH, and He reckons it to him—righteousness.
He believed Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
7 And He says to him, “I [am] YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to possess it”;
He said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9 And He says to him, “Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a female goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird”;
Then he said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a dove, and a young pigeon.”
10 and he takes all these to Him, and separates them in the midst, and puts each piece opposite its fellow, but the bird he has not divided;
He brought him all these, and cut them in two, and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.
11 and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back.
When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep has fallen on Abram, and behold, a terror of great darkness is falling on him;
Then when the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep and, behold, a deep and terrifying darkness overwhelmed him.
13 and He says to Abram, “knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
14 and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;
I will judge that nation that they will serve, and afterward they will come out with abundant possessions.
15 and you come to your fathers in peace; you are buried in a good old age;
But you will go to your fathers in peace, and you will be buried in a good old age.
16 and the fourth generation turns back here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
17 And it comes to pass—the sun has gone in, and thick darkness has been and behold, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which has passed over between those pieces.
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces.
18 In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,
On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
19 with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
