Genesis 15

1 Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great.

2 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what will you give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.]

3 And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

And Abram said, [I am grieved] since you have given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.

4 And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall your seed be.

6 Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

7 And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.

And he said to him, I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit.

8 But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.

10 And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.

11 And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.

12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.

13 And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.

14 But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

And the nation whoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.

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

But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.

16 But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.

17 And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.

18 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.

19 The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,

20 And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,

21 And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.

and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.