Genesis 15

1 his itaque transactis factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens noli timere Abram ego protector tuus sum et merces tua magna nimis

After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'

2 dixitque Abram Domine Deus quid dabis mihi ego vadam absque liberis et filius procuratoris domus meae iste Damascus Eliezer

And Abram saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

3 addiditque Abram mihi autem non dedisti semen et ecce vernaculus meus heres meus erit

And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

4 statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum dicens non erit hic heres tuus sed qui egredietur de utero tuo ipsum habebis heredem

And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, 'This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

5 eduxitque eum foras et ait illi suspice caelum et numera stellas si potes et dixit ei sic erit semen tuum

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

6 credidit Domino et reputatum est ei ad iustitiam

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.

7 dixitque ad eum ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldeorum ut darem tibi terram istam et possideres eam

And He saith unto him, 'I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

8 at ille ait Domine Deus unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam

and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

9 respondens Dominus sume inquit mihi vaccam triennem et capram trimam et arietem annorum trium turturem quoque et columbam

And He saith unto him, 'Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

10 qui tollens universa haec divisit per medium et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit aves autem non divisit

and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

11 descenderuntque volucres super cadavera et abigebat eas Abram

and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

12 cumque sol occumberet sopor inruit super Abram et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum

And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

13 dictumque est ad eum scito praenoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua et subicient eos servituti et adfligent quadringentis annis

and He saith to Abram, 'knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

14 verumtamen gentem cui servituri sunt ego iudicabo et post haec egredientur cum magna substantia

and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

15 tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace sepultus in senectute bona

and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

16 generatione autem quarta revertentur huc necdum enim conpletae sunt iniquitates Amorreorum usque ad praesens tempus

and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

17 cum ergo occubuisset sol facta est caligo tenebrosa et apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas

And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

18 in die illo pepigit Dominus cum Abram foedus dicens semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Aegypti usque ad fluvium magnum flumen Eufraten

In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

19 Cineos et Cenezeos et Cedmoneos

with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

20 et Hettheos et Ferezeos Rafaim quoque

and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

21 et Amorreos et Chananeos et Gergeseos et Iebuseos

and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'