15Genesis 15

CHAP. XV. / 1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heire. 4 God promiseth him a sonne, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is iustified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised againe, a

1After these things, the word of the LORD came vnto Abram in a vision, saying; Feare not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.Select Genesis 15:1

2And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.Select Genesis 15:2

3And Abram said; Behold, to mee thou hast given no seed: and loe, one borne in my house is mine heire.Select Genesis 15:3

4And behold, the word of the LORD came vnto him, saying; This shall not be thine heire: but he that shall come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire.Select Genesis 15:4

5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, So shall thy seed be.Select Genesis 15:5

6And he beleeued in the LORD; and hee counted it to him for righteousnesse.Select Genesis 15:6

7And he said vnto him; I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Caldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it.Select Genesis 15:7

8And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shal I know that I shall inherit it?Select Genesis 15:8

9And he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee goat of three yeeres old, and a ramme of three yeeres old, and a turtle doue, and a yong pigeon.Select Genesis 15:9

10And he tooke vnto him all these, and diuided them in the midst, and layd each peece one against another: but the birds diuided he not.Select Genesis 15:10

11And when the fowles came downe vpon the carcases, Abram droue them away.Select Genesis 15:11

12And when the Sunne was going downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon Abram: and loe, an horrour of great darkenesse fell vpon him.Select Genesis 15:12

13And he said vnto Abram, Know of a surety, that thy seed shalbe a stranger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal serue them, and they shall afflict them foure hundred yeeres.Select Genesis 15:13

14And also that nation whom they shall serue, wil I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.Select Genesis 15:14

15And thou shalt goe to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.Select Genesis 15:15

16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full.Select Genesis 15:16

17And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lampe that passed betweene those pieces.Select Genesis 15:17

18In that same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; Unto thy seed haue I giuen this land from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates:Select Genesis 15:18

19The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites:Select Genesis 15:19

20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,Select Genesis 15:20

21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.Select Genesis 15:21