Genesis 15
1 Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of (anything/your enemies). I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward.”
Efter at dette var sket, kom Herrens Ord til Abram i et Syn, og sagde: Frygt ikke, Abram, jeg er dit Skjold og din meget store Løn.
2 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!”
Og Abram sagde: Herre, Herre, hvad vil du give mig? og jeg gaar hen uden Børn, og den, der forestaar mit Hus, er Elieser af Damaskus.
3 Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
Og Abram sagde: Se, mig har du intet Afkom givet, og se, min vornede arver mig.
4 Yahweh replied, “No! He will not be the one who will inherit it. Instead, you yourself will be the father of the one who will inherit everything you own.”
Og se, Herrens Ord skete til ham og sagde: Denne, han skal ikke arve dig; men den, som skal udkomme af dit Liv, han skal arve dig.
5 Then Yahweh took Abram outside [of his tent] and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.”
Og han førte ham udenfor og sagde: Kære, se til Himmelen, og tæl Stjernerne, om du kan tælle dem; og han sagde til ham: Saa skal dit Afkom vorde.
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Og han troede paa Herren, og han regnede ham det til Retfærdighed.
7 Yahweh also said to him, “I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.”
Og han sagde til ham: jeg er Herren, som udførte dig fra Ur i Kaldæa for at give dig dette Land til at eje det.
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Da sagde han: Herre, Herre, hvorpaa skal jeg kende, at jeg skal eje det?
9 God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.”
Og han sagde til ham: Tag mig en tre Aar gammel Kvie og en tre Aar gammel Ged og en tre Aar gammel Vædder og en Turteldue og en Dueunge.
10 So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half.
Og han tog ham alt dette og delte det midt over og lagde den ene Del deraf tvært overfor den anden; men Fuglene delte han ikke.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
Og Rovfugle sloge ned paa de døde Kroppe; men Abram jog dem derfra.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Og det skete, der Solen vilde gaa ned, da faldt en dyb Søvn paa Abram, og se, der faldt Forfærdelse og stort Mørke over ham.
13 Then God said to Abram, “I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years.
Da sagde han til Abram: du skal visseligen vide, at dit Afkom skal være fremmed i et Land, som ikke er deres, og de skulle trælle for dem, der skulle plage dem, fire Hundrede Aar.
14 But then I will punish the people of that country that made them become slaves, and then your descendants will leave that country, taking many possessions with them.
Men jeg vil ogsaa dømme det Folk, som de skulle tjene; og derefter skulle de udgaa med meget Gods.
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
Men du skal fare til dine Fædre med Fred, og du skal blive begravet i en god Alderdom.
16 After your descendants have been slaves for 400 years, they will return here, and take control of this land and defeat the Amor people-group. Those people will, because those people have not yet sinned enough to deserve to be punished now.”
Og i den fjerde Slægt skulle de komme hid igen; thi Amoritens Ondskab er endnu ikke fuld.
17 When the sun had set and it had become dark, [unexpectedly] a blazing torch and a clay pot containing burning coals from which smoke was rising appeared and went between the halves of the animals.
Og det skete, der Solen var nedgangen, og der var stort Mørke, se, da var der en rygende Ovn og Ilds Blus, som for hen imellem disse Stykker.
18 And on that day Yahweh made an agreement with Abram. Yahweh told him, “I will give to your descendants all the land between the river that is on the eastern border of Egypt to the south, and north to the huge Euphrates River.
Paa den samme Dag gjorde Herren en Pagt med Abram og sagde: Dit Afkom har jeg givet dette Land, fra Ægyptens Flod indtil den store Flod, den Flod Frat,
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
Keniter og Kenisiter og Kadmoniter
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
og Hethiter og Feresiter og Refaiter
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
og Amoriter og Kananiter og Girgasiter og Jebusiter.
