Genesis 15
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
Translation: TYNDALE
1After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.Select Genesis 15:1
2And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne.Select Genesis 15:2
3And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre.Select Genesis 15:3
4And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.Select Genesis 15:4
5And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.Select Genesis 15:5
6And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes.Select Genesis 15:6
7And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.Select Genesis 15:7
8And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it?Select Genesis 15:8
9And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of .iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon.Select Genesis 15:9
10And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not.Select Genesis 15:10
11And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.Select Genesis 15:11
12And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym.Select Genesis 15:12
13And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.Select Genesis 15:13
14But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace.Select Genesis 15:14
15Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:Select Genesis 15:15
16ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.Select Genesis 15:16
17When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.Select Genesis 15:17
18And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:Select Genesis 15:18
19the kenytes the kenizites the CadmonitesSelect Genesis 15:19
20the Hethites the Pherezites the RaphaimsSelect Genesis 15:20
21the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.Select Genesis 15:21
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