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.
His itaque transactis, factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens: Noli timere Abram, ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.
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,
Dixitque Abram: Domine Deus, quid dabis mihi? ego vadam absque liberis: et filius procuratoris domus meæ iste Damascus Eliezer.
3 And Abram said—Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, —And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir!
Addiditque Abram: Mihi autem non dedisti semen: et ecce vernaculus meus, heres meus erit.
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.
Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum, dicens: Non erit hic heres tuus: sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis heredem.
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.
Eduxitque eum foras, et ait illi: Suscipe cælum, et numera stellas, si potes. Et dixit ei: Sic erit semen tuum.
6 And he had faith in Yahweh, —so he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
Credidit Abram Deo, et reputatum est illi ad iustitiam.
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.
Dixitque ad eum: Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldæorum ut darem tibi terram istam, et possideres eam.
8 And he said, My Lord Yahweh, whereby, can I know that I shall inherit it?
At ille ait: Domine Deus, unde scire possum, quod possessurus sim eam?
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.
Et respondens Dominus: Sume, inquit, mihi vaccam trienem, et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium, turturem quoque, et columbam.
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.
Qui tollens universa hæc, divisit ea per medium, et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit: aves autem non divisit.
11 Then came down the birds of prey upon the carcass, and Abram drove them away.
Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera, et abigebat eas Abram.
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.
Cumque sol occumberet, sopor irruit super Abram, et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum.
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;
Dictumque est ad eum: Scito prænoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua, et subiicient eos servituti, et affligent quadringentis annis.
14 moreover also, the nation whom they will serve, I, am going to judge, and after that, shall they come forth with great substance.
Verumtamen gentem, cui servituri sunt, ego iudicabo: et post hæc egredientur cum magna substantia.
15 But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace, sepultus in senectute bona.
16 And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither, —for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet,
Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc: necdum enim completæ sunt iniquitates Amorrhæorum usque ad præsens tempus.
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.
Cum ergo occubuisset sol, facta est caligo tenebrosa, et apparuit clibanus fumans, et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.
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 illo die pepigit Dominus fœdus cum Abram, dicens: Semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Ægypti usque ad fluvium magnum Euphraten,
19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite;
Cinæos, et Cenezæos, Cedmonæos,
20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim;
et Hethæos, et Pherezæos, Raphaim quoque,
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
et Amorrhæos, et Chananæos, et Gergesæos, et Iebusæos.
