Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great.”

2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram says, “Lord YHWH, what do You give to me, and I am going childless? And an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.”

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

And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”

4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own loins shall be thy heir.

And behold, the word of YHWH [is] to him, saying, “This [one] will not be your heir; but he who comes out from your bowels, he will be your heir”;

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

and He brings him out outside and says, “Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them”; and He says to him, “Thus is your seed.”

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

And he has believed in YHWH, and He reckons it to him—righteousness.

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

And He says to him, “I [am] YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to possess it”;

8 And he said, Lord GOD, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”

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

And He says to him, “Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a female goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird”;

10 And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.

and he takes all these to Him, and separates them in the midst, and puts each piece opposite its fellow, but the bird he has not divided;

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back.

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 the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep has fallen on Abram, and behold, a terror of great darkness is falling on him;

13 And he said to Abram, Know certainly 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 He says to Abram, “knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

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

and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

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

and you come to your fathers in peace; you are buried in a good old age;

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

and the fourth generation turns back here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

And it comes to pass—the sun has gone in, and thick darkness has been and behold, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which has passed over between those pieces.

18 In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

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

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

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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