Genesis 15

1 After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.

2 And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne.

And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?

3 And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

4 And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.

And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

5 And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

6 And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes.

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.

And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it?

And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of. iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon.

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.

10 And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not.

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.

11 And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.

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

12 And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14 But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace.

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

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

16 ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.

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

17 When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.

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.

18 And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:

In the same day the LORD 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:

19 the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.

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