Genesis 15

1 After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

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

2 Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

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

3 Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”

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

4 Behold, Yahweh’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.”

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."

5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”

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."

6 He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.

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

7 He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

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

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

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

9 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, "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 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.

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.

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

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

12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

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

13 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

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

17 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.

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.

18 In that day Yahweh 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:

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:

19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

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

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