Genesis 15

1 After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying, —Do not fear Abram, I am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.

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 My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless, —and the heir 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—Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, —And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir!

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

4 And lo! the word of Yahweh [came] unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir: But one who cometh forth of thy body—he shall be thine 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 steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.

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 had faith in Yahweh, —so he reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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

7 And he said unto him, —I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give 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, My Lord Yahweh, whereby, can 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 for me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram 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 So he took for him all these, and divided them, in the midst, and placed each piece over against its fellow, but the birds, divided he not.

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 Then came down the birds of prey upon the carcass, and Abram drove them away.

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

12 And it came to pass when, the sun, was about to go in, and, a deep sleep, had fallen upon Abram, lo! a terror a great darkness, was falling 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 to Abram—Thou must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them and they will humble 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 moreover also, the nation whom they will serve, I, am going to judge, and after that, shall they come forth 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 go in unto 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 And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither, —for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet,

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

17 So it came to pass when, the sun, had gone in, and, a thick darkness, had come on, that lo there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these 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 In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying, —To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as 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 Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite;

The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,

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

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

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

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