Genesis 15:1-21.
Genesis 15:1-21 (Good News Translation)
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.
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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