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Genesis 15
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1And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great .
1After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2And Abram said, Master [and] Lord , what will you give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is my heir.]
2Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3And Abram said, [I am grieved] since you have given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
3Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
4And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.
4Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
5And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and he said , Thus shall your seed be.
5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
6He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.
7And he said to him, I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit .
7He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8And he said, Master [and] Lord , how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
8He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
9He 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.”
10So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide .
10He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them .
11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
12When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
13And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
13He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
14And the nation whoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
14I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
15But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
16And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
16In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
17And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and beholda smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
17It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land , from the river of Egypt to the great riverEuphrates.
18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
19the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”