15:1 And after these things the word of the
Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy
reward shall be very great.
15:2 And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am
departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave,
this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.]
15:3 And Abram said, [I am grieved] since thou hast given me no seed, but my
home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
15:4 And immediately there was a voice of Yehovah to him, saying, This
shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine
heir.
15:5 And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and
count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said,
Thus shall thy seed be.
15:6 And Abram believed Elohim, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
15:7 And he said to him, I am Elohim that brought thee out of the land of the
Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
15:8 And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit
it?
15:9 And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a
she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a
pigeon.
15:10 So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set
them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
15:11 And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of
them, and Abram sat down by them.
15:12 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy
terror falls upon him.
15:13 And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall
be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and
afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
15:14 And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after
this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
15:15 But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old
age.
15:16 And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of
the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
15:17 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a
smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided
pieces.
15:18 I that day Yehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I
will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
15:20 and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
15:21 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Evites, and the
Gergesites, and the Jebusites. |
15:1 After these things the word of Yehovah
came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and
thy exceeding great reward.
15:2 And Abram said, Yehovah Elohim, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my house is mine heir.
15:4 And, behold, the word of Yehovah 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.
15:5 And 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.
15:6 And he believed in Yehovah; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
15:7 And he said unto him, I am Yehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
15:8 And he said, Yehovah Elohim, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
15:9 And 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.
15:10 And 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.
15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them
away.
15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and,
lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
15:13 And 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;
15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
15:17 And 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.
15:18 In the same day Yehovah 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:
15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
15:20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
15:21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites. |