Genesis 15

1 After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'

After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.

2 And Abram saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne.

3 And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre.

4 And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, 'This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.

5 and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.

6 And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.

And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes.

7 And He saith unto him, 'I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.

8 and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it?

9 And He saith unto him, 'Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of. iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon.

10 and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not.

11 and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.

12 And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym.

13 and He saith to Abram, 'knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.

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

But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace.

15 and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

16 and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.

17 And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.

18 In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:

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

the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites

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

the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims

21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'

the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.