Genesis 15
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1After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance." 1After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."
2But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?"2But Abram said, "Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3Abram added, "Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!" 3And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir."
4But look, the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir."4Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir."
5The LORD took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars--if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be." 5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty. 6Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
7The LORD said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."7He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."
8But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?" 8But Abram said, "Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
9The LORD said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."9So the LORD said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
10So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.10Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
11When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 11Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
13Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.13Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
14But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.14But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
15But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.15You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit." 16In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
18That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River--18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates--
19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites." 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."
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