Genesis 15
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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 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 And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a
domestic doth heir me.' 4 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 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 hath
believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to
him--righteousness. 7 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 and he saith, `Lord Jehovah,
whereby do I know that I possess it?' 9 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 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 ravenous birds come down
upon the carcases, and Abram causeth
them to turn back. 12 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 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 and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after
this they go out with great substance; 15 and thou--thou
comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried
in a good old age; 16 and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the
iniquity of the *Amorite
is not yet complete.' 17 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 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 with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and
the Kadmonite, 20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21
and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite,
and the Jebusite.'