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 came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very 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?

Abram said, "Lord, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

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

Then Abram said, "Look, to me you have given no offspring, and look, one born in my house is 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 look, the word of God came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body 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 brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

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

And he believed God, and it was credited to him as 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 said to him, "I am God, who brought you out of Ur Kasdim to give you this land to possess."

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

But he said, "Lord, how can I know that I will 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 said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

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.

He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and placed each half opposite the other; but he did not divide the birds.

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

And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And look, a terror of great darkness fell 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 said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs; and they will be enslaved there. And they will oppress 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.

But I will also judge that nation whom they will serve. And afterward they will come out with many possessions.

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

But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be 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.

In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites 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.

It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these 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:

On that day God made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Perath:

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

the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

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

the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

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

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."