Chapter 15

After these things the word of the LORD came¹ unto Abram in a vision, saying,² Fear⁴ not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great⁵³ reward.

And Abram said,⁴ Lord GOD, what wilt thou give⁴ me, seeing I go⁶ childless, and the steward ⁴⁹⁴³ of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said,⁴ Behold, to me thou hast given¹ no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.⁶

And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto him, saying,² This shall not be thine heir;⁴ but he that shall come forth⁴ out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.⁴

And he brought him forth⁵⁵ abroad, and said,⁴ Look⁵⁴ now toward heaven, and tell³ the stars, if thou be able⁴ to number² them: and he said⁴ unto him, So shall thy seed be.

And he believed⁵² in the LORD; and he counted⁴ it to him for righteousness.

And he said⁴ unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out⁵² of Ur of the Chaldees, to give² thee this land to inherit² it.

And he said,⁴ Lord GOD, whereby shall I know⁴ that I shall inherit⁴ it?

And he said⁴ unto him, Take³ me an heifer of three years old,³⁰ and a she goat of three years old,³⁰ and a ram of three years old,³⁰ and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

And he took⁴ unto him all these, and divided¹⁷ them in the midst, and laid⁴ each piece one against² another: but the birds divided¹ he not.

And when the fowls came down⁴ upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.⁵⁵

And when the sun was going down,² a deep sleep fell¹ upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell⁶ upon him.

And he said⁴ unto Abram, Know⁴ of a surety² that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve¹ them; and they shall afflict¹⁴ them four hundred years;

And also that nation, whom they shall serve,⁴ will I judge:⁶ and afterward ³⁶⁵¹ shall they come out⁴ with great substance.

And thou shalt go⁴ to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried¹¹ in a good old age.

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again:⁴ for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down,¹ and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed¹ between those pieces.

In the same day the LORD made¹ a covenant with Abram, saying,² Unto thy seed have I given¹ this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.