Genesis 15

1 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."

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

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

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

4 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."

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 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."

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

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

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

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

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

9 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."

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 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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 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.

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 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:

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 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

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

20 the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

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

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

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