< Genesis 15 >
1 After - the things these it came [the] word of Yahweh to Abram in the vision saying may not you fear O Abram I [am] a shield of you reward your [will be] great very.
After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
2 And he said Abram O Lord Yahweh what? will you give to me and I [am] going childless and [the] son of [the] acquisition of household my he [is] Damascus Eliezer.
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
3 And he said Abram here! to me not you have given offspring and there! [the] son of household my [is] inheriting me.
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
4 And there! [the] word of Yahweh [was] to him saying not he will inherit you this [one] that except [one] who he will come out from inward parts your he he will inherit you.
Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
5 And he brought out him the outside towards and he said look please the heavens towards and count the stars if you are able to count them and he said to him thus it will be offspring your.
And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
6 And he believed in Yahweh and he credited it to him righteousness.
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
7 And he said to him I [am] Yahweh who I brought out you from Ur of [the] Chaldeans to give to you the land this to take possession of it.
And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.
8 And he said O Lord Yahweh how? will I know that I will take possession of it.
And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
9 And he said to him bring! to me a heifer three years old and a goat three years old and a ram three years old and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.
And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
10 And he brought to him all these and he cut in pieces them in the middle and he set each piece its to meet neighbor its and the bird[s] not he cut in two.
All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
11 And it came down the bird[s] of prey on the carcasses and he drove away them Abram.
And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
12 And it was the sun [about] to go and a deep sleep it fell on Abram and there! dread darkness great [was] falling on him.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
13 And he said to Abram certainly you will know that a sojourner - it will be offspring your in a land [which] not [belongs] to them and they will serve them and they will afflict them four hundred year[s].
And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
14 And also the nation which they will serve [will be] judging I and after thus they will come out with possession[s] great.
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
15 And you you will go to ancestors your in peace you will be buried in old age good.
As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.
16 And [the] generation fourth they will return hither for not [is] complete [the] iniquity of the Amorite[s] until now.
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
17 And it was the sun it had gone and darkness it was and there! a fire pot of smoke and a torch of fire which it passed between the pieces these.
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
18 On the day that he made Yahweh with Abram a covenant saying to offspring your I give the land this from [the] river of Egypt to the river great [the] river of Euphrates.
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenite[s] and the Kenizzite[s] and the Kadmonite[s].
The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 And the Hittite[s] and the Perizzite[s] and the Rephaites.
And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 And the Amorite[s] and the Canaanite[s] and the Girgashite[s] and the Jebusite[s].
And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.