<h3>The Lord’s Covenant With Abram</h3>15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: <poetry>“Do not be afraid, Abram. <indent>I am your shield, </indent> <indent>your very great reward. ”</indent></poetry> 2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus? ” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir. ” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars —if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. 7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.” 8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?” 9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon. ” 10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. 12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” 17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates — 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

Genesis 15:1

After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram<cr>1</cr> in a vision:<cr>2</cr> <pb/><poetry>“Do not be afraid,<cr>3</cr> Abram. <indent>I am your shield,<ft>1</ft><cr>4</cr> </indent> <indent>your very great reward.<ft>2</ft><cr>5</cr> ”</indent></poetry>

But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,<cr>1</cr> what can you give me since I remain childless<cr>2</cr> and the one who will inherit<ft>1</ft> my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?<cr>3</cr> ”

Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant<cr>1</cr> in my household<cr>2</cr> will be my heir.”

Genesis 15:3

Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.<cr>1</cr> ”

Genesis 15:4

He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars<cr>1</cr> —if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring<ft>1</ft> be.”<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 15:5

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.<cr>1</cr>

Genesis 15:6

He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out<cr>1</cr> of Ur of the Chaldeans<cr>2</cr> to give you this land to take possession of it.”<cr>3</cr>

Genesis 15:7

But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,<cr>1</cr> how can I know<cr>2</cr> that I will gain possession of it?”<cr>3</cr>

Genesis 15:8

So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,<cr>1</cr> a goat and a ram, each three years old,<cr>2</cr> along with a dove and a young pigeon.<cr>3</cr> ”

Genesis 15:9

Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;<cr>1</cr> the birds, however, he did not cut in half.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 15:10

Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,<cr>1</cr> but Abram drove them away.

Genesis 15:11

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep,<cr>1</cr> and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

Genesis 15:12

Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years<cr>1</cr> your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved<cr>2</cr> and mistreated there.

Genesis 15:13

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out<cr>1</cr> with great possessions.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 15:14

You, however, will go to your ancestors<cr>1</cr> in peace and be buried at a good old age.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 15:15

In the fourth generation<cr>1</cr> your descendants will come back here,<cr>2</cr> for the sin of the Amorites<cr>3</cr> has not yet reached its full measure.”

Genesis 15:16

When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch<cr>1</cr> appeared and passed between the pieces.<cr>2</cr>

Genesis 15:17

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram<cr>1</cr> and said, “To your descendants I give this land,<cr>2</cr> from the Wadi<ft>1</ft> of Egypt<cr>3</cr> to the great river, the Euphrates<cr>4</cr> —

Genesis 15:18

the land of the Kenites,<cr>1</cr> Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

Genesis 15:19

Hittites,<cr>1</cr> Perizzites,<cr>2</cr> Rephaites,<cr>3</cr>

Genesis 15:20

Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”<cr>1</cr>

Genesis 15:21

 1 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram   in a vision:   “Do not be afraid,   Abram. I am your shield,    your very great reward.   ” 2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,   what can you give me since I remain childless   and the one who will inherit  my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?  ” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant   in my household   will be my heir.” 4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.  ” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars  —if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring  be.”   6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.   7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out   of Ur of the Chaldeans   to give you this land to take possession of it.”   8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,   how can I know   that I will gain possession of it?”   9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,   a goat and a ram, each three years old,   along with a dove and a young pigeon.  ” 10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;   the birds, however, he did not cut in half.   11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,   but Abram drove them away. 12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep,   and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years   your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved   and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out   with great possessions.   15 You, however, will go to your ancestors   in peace and be buried at a good old age.   16 In the fourth generation   your descendants will come back here,   for the sin of the Amorites   has not yet reached its full measure.” 17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch   appeared and passed between the pieces.   18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram   and said, “To your descendants I give this land,   from the Wadi  of Egypt   to the great river, the Euphrates  — 19 the land of the Kenites,   Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites,   Perizzites,   Rephaites,   21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”  

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