Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your 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 God, what will you 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, Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is 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 the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your 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 brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your 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 in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.

7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit 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 God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, 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 unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

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 when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of 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 unto Abram, Know certainly that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and 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 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;

15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall 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 But in the fourth generation they shall come here 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, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that 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 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto 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 Rephaims,

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.”