Genesis 15

1 After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.

After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

2 And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.

3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

4 Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.

Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.

And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

6 And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

7 Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.

And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.

8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?

And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?

9 Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon.

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

10 So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not.

All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.

11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.

And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.

12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: and they shall intreate them euill.

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.

As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.

And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.

17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.

Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

18 In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.

In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,

The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

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

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

21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.

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