Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and your very great reward.”

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 Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

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 Abram said, “Since you have given me no descendant, see, the steward of my house is my heir.”

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

4 Then, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but rather the one who will come from your own body will be your heir.”

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 Then he brought him outside, and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants 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 He believed Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

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

7 He said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit 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 He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

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

9 Then he said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a dove, and a young 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 He brought him all these, and cut them in two, and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.

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 When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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

12 Then when the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep and, behold, a deep and terrifying darkness overwhelmed him.

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

13 Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

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 I will judge that nation that they will serve, and afterward they will come out with abundant possessions.

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

15 But you will go to your fathers in peace, and 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 has not yet reached its limit.”

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

17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces.

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 On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the 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 Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,

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

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

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