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Genesis 15
15:1

After310 these things1697 the word1697 of Yahweh3068 came1961 unto Abram87 in a vision,4236 saying,559 Fear3372 not, Abram:87 I am thy shield,4043 and thy exceeding3966 great7235 reward.7939

15:2

And Abram87 said,559 my Sovereign136 Yahweh,3069 what wilt thou give5414 me, seeing I go1980 childless,6185 and the steward1121 of my house1004 is this1931 Eliezer461 of Damascus?1834

15:3

And Abram87 said,559 Behold, to me thou hast given5414 no3808 seed:2233 and, lo, one born1121 in my house1004 is mine heir.3423

15:4

And, behold, the word1697 of Yahweh3068 came unto him, saying,559 This shall not be thine heir;3423 but he that shall come forth3318 out of thine own bowels4578 shall be thine heir.3423

15:5

And he brought him forth3318 abroad,2351 and said,559 Look5027 now toward heaven,8064 and tell5608 the stars,3556 if thou be able3201 to number5608 them: and he said559 unto him, So3541 shall thy seed2233 be.

15:6

And he believed539 in Yahweh;3068 and he counted2803 it to him for righteousness.6666

15:7

And he said559 unto him, I am Yahweh3068 that brought thee out3318 of Ur218 of the Chaldees,3778 to give5414 thee this land776 to inherit3423 it.

15:8

And he said,559 my Sovereign136 Yahweh,3069 whereby4100 shall I know3045 that I shall inherit3423 it?

15:9

And he said559 unto him, Take3947 me an heifer5697 of three years old,8027 and a she goat5795 of three years old,8027 and a ram352 of three years old,8027 and a turtledove,8449 and a young pigeon.1469

15:10

And he took3947 unto him all these, and divided1334 them in the midst,8432 and laid5414 each376 piece1335 one against7125 another:7453 but the birds6833 divided1334 he not.

15:11

And when the fowls5861 came down3381 upon the carcases,6297 Abram87 drove them away.5380

15:12

And when the sun8121 was going down,935 a deep sleep8639 fell5307 upon Abram;87 and, lo, a horror367 of great1419 darkness2825 fell5307 upon him.

15:13

And he said559 unto Abram,87 Know3045 of a surety3045 that thy seed2233 shall be a stranger1616 in a land776 that is not theirs, and shall serve5647 them; and they shall afflict6031 them four702 hundred3967 years;8141

15:14

And also that nation,1471 whom they shall serve,5647 will I judge:1777 and afterward310 shall they come out3318 with great1419 substance.7399

15:15

And thou shalt go935 to thy fathers1 in peace;7965 thou shalt be buried6912 in a good2896 old age.7872

15:16

But in the fourth7243 generation1755 they shall come hither2008 again:7725 for the iniquity5771 of the Amorites567 is not yet2008 full.8003

15:17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun8121 went down,935 and it was dark,5939 behold a smoking6227 furnace,8574 and a burning784 lamp3940 that passed5674 between996 those pieces.1506

15:18

In the same1931 day3117 Yahweh3068 made3772 a covenant1285 with Abram,87 saying,559 Unto thy seed2233 have I given5414 this land,776 from the river5104 of Egypt4714 unto the great1419 river,5104 the river5104 Euphrates:6578

15:19

The Kenites,7017 and the Kenizzites,7074 and the Kadmonites,6935

15:20

And the Hittites,2850 and the Perizzites,6522 and the Rephaims,7497

15:21

And the Amorites,567 and the Canaanites,3669 and the Girgashites,1622 and the Jebusites.2983