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, [and] thy exceeding great reward.

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.

2 And Abram said, O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Dammesek Eliezer?

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.]

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

And Abram said, [I am grieved] since you have given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.

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

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.

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

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.

6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

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

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.

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

And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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

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.

10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.

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.

11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away.

And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.

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

And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.

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

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.

14 and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

And the nation whoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.

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

But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

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.

18 In that 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 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.

19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,

20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,

21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.