KJ3 Literal Translation
Genesis 15
1 God encourages Abram. 2 Abram asks for an heir. 4 God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision.
1After these things the Word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not fear, Abram; I am your shield, your reward will increase greatly.
2And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what will You give to me since I am going childless and the son of the inheritance of my house is Eleazar of Damascus?
3And Abram said, Behold! You have given no seed to me; and behold, the son of the acquisition of my house is he of Damascus, Eleaser!
4And behold! The Word of Jehovah came to him saying, This one shall not be inheriting. But he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir.
5And He brought him outside and said, Look now at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, So shall your seed be.
6And he believed in Jehovah. And He counted it to him for righteousness.
7And He said to him, I am Jehovah who caused you to come out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.
8And he said, My Lord Jehovah, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9And He said to him, Take for Me a heifer three years of age, and a she-goat three years of age, and a ram three years of age, and a turtledove, even a nestling.
10And he took all these for Him, and he divided them in the middle; and he laid each piece against one another, but he did not divide the bird.
11And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12And it happened, the sun was going, and a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, a terror of great darkness was falling on him!
13And He said to Abram, Knowing you must know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not theirs; and they shall serve them. And they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14and I also will judge that nation whom they shall serve; and afterward they shall come out with great substance.
15And you shall come to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in good old age.
16And in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17And it happened, the sun had gone down, and it was dark. Behold! A smoking furnace and a torch of fire that passed between those pieces!
18On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the giants,
21and the Amorite and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
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