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 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 Abram said, "Lord, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Then Abram said, "Look, to me you have given no offspring, and look, one born in my house is my heir."
Abram said, “Since you have given me no descendant, see, the steward of my house is my heir.”
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."
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 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."
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 believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
He believed Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
7 And he said to him, "I am God, who brought you out of Ur Kasdim to give you this land to possess."
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 But he said, "Lord, how can I know that I will possess it?"
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit 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."
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 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.
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 birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And look, a terror of great darkness fell 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 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.
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 But I will also judge that nation whom they will serve. And afterward they will come out with many possessions.
I will judge that nation that they will serve, and afterward they will come out with abundant possessions.
15 But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be 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 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites 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 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 sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces.
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:
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 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
