Genesis 15
1. After these things the word of the LORD came * unto Abram in a vision, saying * , Fear * not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great * reward.
2. And Abram said * , Lord GOD,what wilt thou give * me, seeing I go * childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3. And Abram said * , Behold, to me thou hast given * no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir * .
4. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying * , This shall not be thine heir * ; but he that shall come forth * out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir * .
5. And he brought him forth * abroad, and said * , Look * now toward heaven, and tell * the stars, if thou be able * to number * them: and he said * unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6. And he believed * in the LORD; and he counted * it to him for righteousness.
7. And he said * unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out * of Ur of the Chaldees, to give * thee this land to inherit * it.
8. And he said * , Lord GOD, whereby shall I know * that I shall inherit it * ?
9. And he said * unto him, Take * me an heifer of three years old * , and a she goat of three years old * , and a ram of three years old * , and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10. And he took * unto him all these, and divided * them in the midst, and laid * each piece one against * another: but the birds divided * he not.
11. And when the fowls came down * upon the carcases, Abram drove them away * .
12. And when the sun was going down * , a deep sleep fell * upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell * upon him.
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;
14. And also that nation, whom they shall serve * , will I judge * : and afterward shall they come out * with great substance.
15. And thou shalt go * to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried * in a good old age.
16. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again * : for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down * , and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed * between those pieces.
18. In the same day the LORD 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:
19. The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20. And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21. And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
