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| [1]And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great. |
[1]AFTER these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am your shield, and your reward is exceedingly great |
| [2]And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir. |
[2]And Abram said, O LORD God, what will thou give me, for I will die childless, and Eliezer of Damascus, one of my household, will be my heir? |
| [3]And Abram said, I am grieved since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born servant shall succeed me. |
[3]And Abram said, Behold, thou hast given me no son; and, behold, one of the members of my household will be my heir. |
| [4]And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir. |
[4]Then the LORD said to him, This man shall not be your heir; but your own son that shall come out of your own loins shall be your heir. |
| [5]And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be. |
[5]And he brought him outside, and said to him, Look now toward heaven and number the stars, if you are able to number them; and he said to him, So shall your descendants be. |
| [6]And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. |
[6]And Abram believed in the LORD; and it was counted to him for righteousness |
| [7]And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit. |
[7]And he said to him, I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it. |
| [8]And he said, Master and Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? |
[8]And Abram said, O LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? |
| [9]And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon. |
[9]And he said to him, Take for yourself a heifer, three years old, a three year old ram, a three year old she-goat, a pigeon, and a young dove. |
| [10]So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide. |
[10]And he took to himself all these, and cut them in two, and laid each piece against another; but the birds he did not divide. |
| [11]And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them. |
[11]And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away |
| [12]And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him. |
[12]And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, lo, fear and a great darkness fell upon him. |
| [13]And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years. |
[13]And the LORD said to Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall be in servitude: and they shall afflict them for four hundred years; |
| [14]And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property. |
[14]But I will judge the nation which they shall serve; and afterward they shall come out with great wealth. |
| [15]But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age. |
[15]And you shall depart from this life and go to your fathers in peace; and you shall be buried at a good old age. |
| [16]And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now. |
[16]And after four centuries, they shall return here; for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet full |
| [17]And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces. |
[17]And it came to pass that when the sun had set and it was dark, behold there appeared a smoking furnace and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. |
| [18]In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates. |
[18]On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: |
| [19]The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans, |
[19]The land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, |
| [20]and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim, |
[20]The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Giants, |
| [21]and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites. |
[21]The Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites |