Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.
After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.
Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
4 And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.
Behold, the LORD’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.”
5 And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!
The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now towards the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6 And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.
He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
7 And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.
He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?
He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9 And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
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 all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.
He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.
The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
13 And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.
He 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.
14 But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.
I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
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 at a good old age.
16 And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither 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 Amorite is not yet full.”
17 And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.
It 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.
18 On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
In that day the LORD 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:
19 the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
