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[1]After these things the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.' |
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[2]And Abram said: 'O Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' |
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[3]And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.' |
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[4]And, behold, the word of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 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.' |
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[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.' |
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[6]And he believed in 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; and He counted it to him for righteousness. |
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[7]And He said unto him: 'I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.' |
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[8]And he said: 'O Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?' |
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[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.' |
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[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. |
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[11]And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. |
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[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. |
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[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; |
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[14]And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance. |
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[15]But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
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[16]And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.' |
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[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. |
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[18]In that day 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 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; |
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[19]The Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, |
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[20]And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, |
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[21]And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.' |