| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” | 1After 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. |
| 2But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” | 2And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? |
| 3Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!” | 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. |
| 4And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” | 4And, 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. |
| 5Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” | 5And 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. |
| 6And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. | 6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. |
| 7Then He said to him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.” | 7And 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. |
| 8And he said, “Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” | 8And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? |
| 9So He 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.” | 9And 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. |
| 10Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. | 10And 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. |
| 11And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. | 11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. |
| 12Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. | 12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. |
| 13Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. | 13And 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; |
| 14And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. | 14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. |
| 15Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. | 15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
| 16But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” | 16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. |
| 17And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. | 17And 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. |
| 18On the same day the LORD 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 Euphrates— | 18In 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: |
| 19the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, | 19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, |
| 20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, | 20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, |
| 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” | 21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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