Genesis 15
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Genesis 15
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| After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward. | After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward. |
| And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? | And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me. |
| And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. | And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage. |
| And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. | Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you. |
| And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. | And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be. |
| And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. | And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness. |
| And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. | And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage. |
| And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? | And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine? |
| And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. | And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon. |
| And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not. | All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two. |
| And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. | And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away. |
| And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. | Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear. |
| And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; | And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years; |
| and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. | But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth. |
| But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. | As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place. |
| And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. | And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full. |
| And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. | Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies. |
| In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: | In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: |
| the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, | The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, |
| and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, | And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, |
| and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. | And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite. |
