Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great."

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.

2 Abram said, "Lord, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

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.

3 Then Abram said, "Look, to me you have given no offspring, and look, one born in my house is my heir."

And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.

4 And look, the word of God came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."

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.

5 And he brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

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!

6 And he believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.

7 And he said to him, "I am God, who brought you out of Ur Kasdim to give you this land to possess."

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.

8 But he said, "Lord, how can I know that I will possess it?"

And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?

9 And 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."

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.

10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and placed each half opposite the other; but he did not divide the birds.

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.

11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.

12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And look, a terror of great darkness fell on him.

And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

13 And he said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs; and they will be enslaved there. And they will oppress them four hundred years.

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.

14 But I will also judge that nation whom they will serve. And afterward they will come out with many possessions.

But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.

15 But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

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.

18 On that day God made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Perath:

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;

19 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.