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Genesis, Chapter 15

¹ After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; ^a Or Your very great rewardYour reward shall be very great.”	1 Gen 15:4 Gen 46:2 Sa1 15:10 Gen 21:17 Gen 26:24 Isa 41:10 Deu 33:29 Num 18:20 Psa 58:11
² Abram said, “O Lord^b Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD, what will You give me, since I^c Lit goam childless, and the^d Lit son of acquisitionheir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³ And Abram said, “^e Lit BeholdSince You have given no^f Lit seedoffspring to me,^g Lit and behold, a son ofone born in my house is my heir.” ⁴ Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own^h Lit inward partsbody, he shall be your heir.” ⁵ And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall yourⁱ Lit seeddescendants be.” ⁶ Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. 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^j Or inheritpossess it.” ⁸ He said, “O Lord^k Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD, how may I know that I will^l Or inheritpossess it?” ⁹ So He said to him, “^m Lit TakeBring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰ Then heⁿ Lit tookbrought all these to Him and cut them^o Lit in the midstin two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. ¹¹ The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.	3 Gen 14:14 4 Gal 4:28 5 Gen 22:17 Gen 26:4 Deu 1:10 Exo 32:13 Rom 4:18 Heb 11:12 6 Rom 4:3 Rom 4:20-22 Gal 3:6 Jam 2:23 7 Gen 11:31 Gen 13:15 Gen 13:17 8 Jdg 6:36-40 Luk 1:18 10 Gen 15:17 Lev 1:17
¹² Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold,^p Or a terror of great darknessterror and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³ God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your^q Lit seeddescendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs,^rwhere they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. ¹⁴ But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with^s Lit greatmany possessions. ¹⁵ As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶ Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”	12 Gen 2:21 Gen 28:11 Job 33:15 13 Act 7:6 Act 7:17 Exo 1:11 Deu 5:15 Exo 12:40 Gal 3:17 14 Exo 12:32-38 15 Gen 25:8 Gen 47:30 16 Gen 15:13 Lev 18:24-28
¹⁷ It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces. ¹⁸ On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your^t Lit seeddescendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:	17 Jer 34:18 Jer 34:19 18 Gen 17:8 Jos 21:43 Act 7:5 Exo 23:31 Num 34:1-15 Deu 1:7 Deu 1:8
¹⁹ the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite ²⁰ and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim ²¹ and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”	19 Exo 3:17 Exo 23:28 Jos 24:11 Neh 9:8


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