Genesis 15
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: ‘Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.’ |
| 2 | And Abram said: ‘O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?’ |
| 3 | And Abram said: ‘Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.’ |
| 4 | And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: ‘This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.’ |
| 5 | And He brought him forth abroad, and said: ‘Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them’; and He said unto him: ‘So shall thy seed be.’ |
| 6 | And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness. |
| 7 | And He said unto him: ‘I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.’ |
| 8 | And he said: ‘O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?’ |
| 9 | And He said unto him: ‘Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.’ |
| 10 | And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not. |
| 11 | And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. |
| 12 | And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him. |
| 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; |
| 14 | and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. |
| 15 | But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
| 16 | And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.’ |
| 17 | And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. |
| 18 | In that day the LORD 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; |
| 19 | 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.’ |