Genesis 15

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Verse 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 [for obedience] shall be very great.”

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Verse 2

Abram said, “Lord ^[a]God, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?”

And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Verse 3

And Abram continued, “Since You have given no child to me, one (a servant) born in my house is my heir.”

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Verse 4

Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir.”

And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Verse 5

And the Lord brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.”

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Verse 6

Then Abram believed in (affirmed, trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord; and He counted (credited) it to him ^[b]as righteousness (doing right in regard to God and man).

And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Verse 7

And He said to him, “I am the [same] Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance.”

And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Verse 8

But Abram said, “Lord ^[c]God, by what [proof] will I know that I will inherit it?”

And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Verse 9

So God said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Verse 10

So Abram brought all these to Him and ^[d]cut them down the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.

And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

Verse 11

The birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Verse 12

When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram; and a horror (terror, shuddering fear, nightmare) of great darkness overcame him.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Verse 13

God said to Abram, “Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Verse 14

But on that nation whom your descendants will serve I will bring judgment, and afterward they will come out [of that land] with great possessions.

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Verse 15

As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

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

Verse 16

Then in the ^[e]fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the ^[f]Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Verse 17

When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, there appeared a smoking ^[g]brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals].

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Verse 18

On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying,

“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates—

In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Verse 19

[the land of] the Kenites and the Kenizzites and the Kadmonites

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

Verse 20

and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Rephaim,

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

Verse 21

the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.