15Genesis 15

1After 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.'Select Genesis 15:1

2And 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.'Select Genesis 15:2

3And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'Select Genesis 15:3

4And 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;'Select Genesis 15:4

5and 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.'Select Genesis 15:5

6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him--righteousness.Select Genesis 15:6

7And 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;'Select Genesis 15:7

8and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'Select Genesis 15:8

9And 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;'Select Genesis 15:9

10and 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;Select Genesis 15:10

11and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.Select Genesis 15:11

12And 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;Select Genesis 15:12

13and 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,Select Genesis 15:13

14and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;Select Genesis 15:14

15and thou--thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;Select Genesis 15:15

16and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'Select Genesis 15:16

17And 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.Select Genesis 15:17

18In 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,Select Genesis 15:18

19with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,Select Genesis 15:19

20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,Select Genesis 15:20

21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'Select Genesis 15:21