ASV_Strong : Genesis 15
1. After[H310] these things[H1697] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came[H1961] unto Abram[H87] in a vision[H4236], saying[H559], Fear[H3372] not[H87], Abram: I am thy shield[H4043], and thy exceeding[H3966] great[H7235] reward[H7939].
2. And Abram[H87] said[H559], O Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], what wilt thou give[H5414] me[H1980], seeing I go childless[H6185], and he[H1931] that shall be possessor[H1121] of my house[H1004] is Eliezer[H461] of Damascus[H1834]?
3. And Abram[H87] said[H559], Behold[H5414], to me thou hast given no[H3808] seed[H2233]: and[H1121], lo, one born in my house[H1004] is mine heir[H3423].
4. And[H1697], behold, the word of Jehovah[H3068] came unto him[H559], saying, This man shall not be thine heir[H3423]; but he that shall come forth[H3318] out of thine own bowels[H4578] shall be thine heir[H3423].
5. And he brought him forth[H3318] abroad[H2351], and said[H559], Look[H5027] now toward heaven[H8064], and number[H5608] the stars[H3556], if thou be able[H3201] to number[H5608] them[H559]: and he said unto him[H3541], So shall thy seed be[H2233].
6. And he believed[H539] in Jehovah[H3068]; and he reckoned[H2803] it to him for righteousness[H6666].
7. And he said[H559] unto him[H3068], I am Jehovah that brought thee out[H3318] of Ur[H218] of the Chaldees[H3778], to give[H5414] thee this land[H776] to inherit it[H3423].
8. And he said[H559], O Lord[H136] Jehovah[H136], whereby[H4100] shall I know[H3045] that I shall inherit it[H3423]?
9. And he said[H559] unto him[H3947], Take me a heifer[H5697] three years old[H8027], and a she-goat[H5795] three years old[H8027], and a ram[H352] three years old[H8027], and a turtle-dove[H8449], and a young pigeon[H1469].
10. And he took[H3947] him all these[H1334], and divided them in the midst[H8432], and laid[H5414] each[H376] half[H1335] over against[H7125] the other[H7453]: but the birds[H6833] divided he not[H1334].
11. And the birds[H5861] of prey came down[H3381] upon the carcasses[H6297], and Abram[H87] drove them away[H5380].
12. And when the sun[H8121] was going down[H935], a deep sleep[H8639] fell[H5307] upon Abram[H87]; and[H367], lo, a horror of great[H1419] darkness[H2825] fell upon him[H5307].
13. And he said[H559] unto Abram[H87], Know[H3045] of a surety[H3045] that thy seed[H2233] shall be sojourners[H1616] in a land[H776] that is not theirs[H5647], and shall serve them[H6031]; and they shall afflict them four[H702] hundred[H3967] years[H8141];
14. and also that nation[H1471], whom they shall serve[H5647], will I judge[H1777]: and afterward[H310] shall they come out[H3318] with great[H1419] substance[H7399].
15. But thou shalt go[H935] to thy fathers[H1] in peace[H7965]; thou shalt be buried[H6912] in a good[H2896] old age[H7872].
16. And in the fourth[H7243] generation[H1755] they shall come hither[H2008] again[H7725]: for the iniquity[H5771] of the Amorite[H567] is not yet[H2008] full[H8003].
17. And it came to pass[H8121], that, when the sun went down[H935], and it was dark[H5939], behold[H6227], a smoking furnace[H8574], and a flaming[H784] torch[H3940] that passed[H5674] between[H996] these pieces[H1506].
18. In that[H1931] day[H3117] Jehovah[H3068] made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with Abram[H87], saying[H559], Unto thy seed[H2233] have I given[H5414] this land[H776], from the river[H5104] of Egypt[H4714] unto the great[H1419] river[H5104], the river[H5104] Euphrates[H6578]:
19. the Kenite[H7017], and the Kenizzite[H7074], and the Kadmonite[H6935],
20. and the Hittite[H2850], and the Perizzite[H6522], and the Rephaim[H7497],
21. and the Amorite[H567], and the Canaanite[H3669], and the Girgashite[H1622], and the Jebusite[H2983].
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