Genesis 15

1 After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great.”

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 And Abram says, “Lord YHWH, what do You give to me, and I am going childless? And an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.”

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

3 And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”

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

4 And behold, the word of YHWH [is] to him, saying, “This [one] will not be your heir; but he who comes out from your bowels, he 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 and He brings him out outside and says, “Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them”; and He says to him, “Thus is your seed.”

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 And he has believed in YHWH, and He reckons it to him—righteousness.

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

7 And He says to him, “I [am] YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to possess it”;

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

8 and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”

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

9 And He says to him, “Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a female goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird”;

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 and he takes all these to Him, and separates them in the midst, and puts each piece opposite its fellow, but the bird he has not divided;

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 and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back.

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

12 And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep has fallen on Abram, and behold, a terror of great darkness is falling 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 and He says to Abram, “knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted 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 and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

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

15 and you come to your fathers in peace; you are buried in a good old age;

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

16 and the fourth generation turns back here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

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

17 And it comes to pass—the sun has gone in, and thick darkness has been and behold, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which has passed over between those 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 has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,

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

the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

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

the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”

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