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 things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and your very great reward.”
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.'
Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'
Abram said, “Since you have given me no descendant, see, the steward of my house is my heir.”
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;'
Then, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but rather the one who will come from your own body will be your heir.”
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.'
Then he brought him outside, and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
6 And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.
He believed Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
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;'
He said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit 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;'
Then he said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a dove, and a young 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;
He brought him all these, and cut them in two, and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.
11 and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
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;
Then when the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep and, behold, a deep and terrifying darkness overwhelmed him.
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,
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
14 and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;
I will judge that nation that they will serve, and afterward they will come out with abundant possessions.
15 and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;
But you will go to your fathers in peace, and you will be buried in a good old age.
16 and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
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 sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces.
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,
On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
19 with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
