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| [1]After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde |
[1]And so whanne these thingis weren don, the word of the Lord was maad to Abram bi a visioun, and seide, Abram, nyle thou drede, Y am thi defender, and thi meede is ful greet. |
| [2]And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco |
[2]And Abram seide, Lord God, what schalt thou yyue to me? Y schal go with oute fre children, and this Damask, sone of Elieser, the procuratour of myn hous, schal be myn eir. |
| [3]And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire |
[3]And Abram addide, Sotheli thou hast not youe seed to me, and, lo! my borun seruaunt schal be myn eir. |
| [4]And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire |
[4]And anoon the word of the Lord was maad to hym, and seide, This schal not be thin eir, but thou schalt haue hym eir, that schal go out of thi wombe. |
| [5]And he brought hym out, and sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And he sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy seede be |
[5]And the Lord ledde out Abram, and seide to hym, Biholde thou heuene, and noumbre thou sterris, if thou maist. And the Lord seide to Abram, So thi seed schal be. |
| [6]And [Abram] beleued the Lord, & that counted he to hym for righteousnesse |
[6]Abram bileuede to God, and it was arettid to hym to riytfulnesse. |
| [7]And agayne he saide vnto him: I am the Lorde that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to geue thee this lande, & that thou myghtest inherite it |
[7]And God seide to hym, Y am the Lord, that ladde thee out of Vr of Caldeis, that Y schulde yyue this lond to thee, and thou schuldist haue it in possessioun. |
| [8]And he sayde: Lorde God wherby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it |
[8]And Abram seide, Lord God, wherbi may I wite that Y schal welde it? |
| [9]He aunswered vnto hym: Take an Heyfer of three yere olde, & a she Goate of three yere olde, and a three yere olde Ramme, a turtle Doue also, & a young Pigeon |
[9]And the Lord answerde, and seide, Take thou to me a cow of thre yeer, and a geet of thre yeer, and a ram of thre yeer, a turtle also, and a culuer. |
| [10]He toke therefore all these vnto hym, and deuided them in the middes, and layde euery peece one ouer agaynst another: but the birdes deuided he not |
[10]Which took alle these thingis, and departide tho bi the myddis, and settide euer eithir partis ech ayens other; but he departide not the briddis. |
| [11]And when the foules fell on the carkases, Abram droue them away |
[11]And foulis camen doun on the careyns, and Abram drof hem awey. |
| [12]And whe the sunne was downe, there fell a deepe sleepe vpon Abram: and lo, an horrour of great darknesse fell vpon hym |
[12]And whanne the sunne was gon doun, drede felde on Abram, and a greet hidousenesse and derk asaylide him. |
| [13]And he sayde vnto Abram: Knowe this of a suertie, that thy seede shalbe a straunger in a lande that is not theirs, and shall serue them, and they shall entreate them euyll foure hundreth yeres |
[13]And it was seid to hym, Wite thou bifore knowinge, that thi seed schal be pilgrim foure hundrid yeer in a lond not his owne, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and thei schulen turment hem; |
| [14]But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substaunce |
[14]netheles Y schal deme the folk to whom thei schulen serue; and aftir these thingis thei schulen go out with greet catel. |
| [15]And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good olde age |
[15]Forsothe thou schalt go to thi fadris in pees, and schalt be biried in good age. |
| [16]But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full |
[16]Sotheli in the fourthe generacioun thei schulen turne ayen hidir, for the wickidnesses of Amoreis ben not yit fillid, `til to present tyme. |
| [17]And so it was, that when the sonne went downe, and it was twylyght, beholde a smokyng furnesse and a fire brande goyng betweene the said peeces |
[17]Therfor whanne the sunne was gon doun, a derk myst was maad, and a furneis smokynge apperide, and a laumpe of fier, and passide thorou tho departingis. |
| [18]In that same day the Lorde made a couenaunt with Abram, saying: vnto thy seede haue I geuen this lande, fro the ryuer of Egypt, euen vnto the great ryuer, the ryuer of Euphrates |
[18]In that dai the Lord made a couenaunt of pees with Abram, and seide, Y schal yyue to thi seed this lond, fro the ryuer of Egipt til to the greet ryuer Eufrates; Cyneis, |
| [19]The Kenites and the Kenizites, and the Cadmonites |
[19]and Cyneseis, and Cethmoneis, and Etheis, |
| [20]And the Hethites, and the Perizites, and the Giauntes |
[20]and Fereseis, and Raphaym, and Amorreis, |
| [21]The Amorites also, and the Chanaanites, and Girgasites, & the Iebusites |
[21]and Cananeis, and Gergeseis, and Jebuseis. |