Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great."
After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.
2 Abram said, "Lord, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne.
3 Then Abram said, "Look, to me you have given no offspring, and look, one born in my house is my heir."
And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre.
4 And look, the word of God came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.
5 And he brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So will your descendants be."
And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes.
7 And he said to him, "I am God, who brought you out of Ur Kasdim to give you this land to possess."
And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.
8 But he said, "Lord, how can I know that I will possess it?"
And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it?
9 And 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."
And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of. iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon.
10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and placed each half opposite the other; but he did not divide the birds.
And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not.
11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.
12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And look, a terror of great darkness fell on him.
And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym.
13 And he said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs; and they will be enslaved there. And they will oppress them four hundred years.
And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.
14 But I will also judge that nation whom they will serve. And afterward they will come out with many possessions.
But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace.
15 But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.
Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:
16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.
17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.
18 On that day God made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Perath:
And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:
19 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites
20 the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.
