Genesis 15:1-21
Genesis 15:1-21 (GNT)
Introduction
Genesis 15:1-21: God promises to protect and keep Abram, and assures him
that he will have many descendants. God also tells him that his
descendants will live in slavery, but that they will ultimately return to
Canaan and will control a great deal of land.
Today's Reading
1After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, Do not be
afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward.
2But Abram answered, Sovereign Lord, what good will your reward do me,
since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. 3You have
given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property. 4Then
he heard the Lord speaking to him again: This slave Eliezer will not
inherit your property; your own son will be your heir. 5The Lord took him
outside and said, Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will
have as many descendants as that. 6Abram put his trust in the Lord, and
because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him. 7Then the
Lord said to him, I am the Lord, who led you out of Ur in Babylonia, to
give you this land as your own. 8But Abram asked, Sovereign Lord, how can
I know that it will be mine? 9He answered, Bring me a cow, a goat, and a
ram, each of them three years old, and a dove and a pigeon. 10Abram
brought the animals to God, cut them in half, and placed the halves
opposite each other in two rows; but he did not cut up the birds.
11Vultures came down on the bodies, but Abram drove them off. 12When the
sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and fear and terror came
over him. 13The Lord said to him, Your descendants will be strangers in a
foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for
four hundred years. 14But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and
when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.
15You yourself will live to a ripe old age, die in peace, and be buried.
16It will be four generations before your descendants come back here,
because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that
they must be punished. 17When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking
fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the
pieces of the animals. 18Then and there the Lord made a covenant with
Abram. He said, I promise to give your descendants all this land from the
border of Egypt to the Euphrates River, 19including the lands of the
Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the Rephaim, 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
God bless you.
Introduction
Genesis 15:1-21: God promises to protect and keep Abram, and assures him
that he will have many descendants. God also tells him that his
descendants will live in slavery, but that they will ultimately return to
Canaan and will control a great deal of land.
Today's Reading
1After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, Do not be
afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward.
2But Abram answered, Sovereign Lord, what good will your reward do me,
since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. 3You have
given me no children, and one of my slaves will inherit my property. 4Then
he heard the Lord speaking to him again: This slave Eliezer will not
inherit your property; your own son will be your heir. 5The Lord took him
outside and said, Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will
have as many descendants as that. 6Abram put his trust in the Lord, and
because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him. 7Then the
Lord said to him, I am the Lord, who led you out of Ur in Babylonia, to
give you this land as your own. 8But Abram asked, Sovereign Lord, how can
I know that it will be mine? 9He answered, Bring me a cow, a goat, and a
ram, each of them three years old, and a dove and a pigeon. 10Abram
brought the animals to God, cut them in half, and placed the halves
opposite each other in two rows; but he did not cut up the birds.
11Vultures came down on the bodies, but Abram drove them off. 12When the
sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and fear and terror came
over him. 13The Lord said to him, Your descendants will be strangers in a
foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for
four hundred years. 14But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and
when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.
15You yourself will live to a ripe old age, die in peace, and be buried.
16It will be four generations before your descendants come back here,
because I will not drive out the Amorites until they become so wicked that
they must be punished. 17When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking
fire pot and a flaming torch suddenly appeared and passed between the
pieces of the animals. 18Then and there the Lord made a covenant with
Abram. He said, I promise to give your descendants all this land from the
border of Egypt to the Euphrates River, 19including the lands of the
Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the Rephaim, 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
God bless you.
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