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1 Mosebog 15
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
1 Mosebog 15
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Guds løfte til Abram
15 Senere talte Herren til Abram i et syn: „Vær ikke bange, Abram, for jeg er med dig, og jeg vil belønne dig rigeligt.” 2-3 „Men almægtige Herre,” udbrød Abram, „hvad skal jeg med din velsignelse, hvis jeg dør barnløs? Min tjener Eliezer kommer til at arve al min rigdom, for du har jo ikke givet mig en søn.” 4 Men Herren svarede: „Nej, han skal ikke være din arving. Det skal din egen søn!”
5 Herren førte nu Abram udenfor og sagde: „Kig op mod himlen og prøv at tælle stjernerne. Dine efterkommere skal blive lige så talrige.” 6 Abram troede på Herren, og derfor blev han accepteret.
7 Herren fortsatte: „Jeg er Herren, som førte dig fra din hjemby Ur for at give dig det land, du nu bor i.” 8 Men Abram indvendte: „Almægtige Herre, hvordan kan jeg være sikker på, at du vil give mig det?” 9 Da sagde Herren: „Bring mig en treårs kvie, en treårs ged, en treårs vædder, en turteldue og en ung due.”[a] 10 Abram hentede dyrene og slagtede dem. Så skar han dem midt igennem på langs og lagde halvdelene overfor hinanden. Dog skar han ikke fuglene over. 11 Straks slog gribbene ned på de døde dyr, men Abram jog dem bort.
12 Hen mod aften faldt Abram i en dyb søvn, og et stort og frygteligt mørke sænkede sig over ham.
13 Da sagde Herren til Abram: „Dine efterkommere vil komme til at bo i et fremmed land i 400 år og opleve slaveri og undertrykkelse, 14 men jeg vil straffe det folk, som undertrykker dem, og til sidst skal dit folk rejse bort derfra med megen rigdom. 15 (Dette skal dog ikke ske i din tid. Du skal nå en høj alder og dø i fred.) 16 Fire generationer[b] senere skal de vende tilbage til dette land. På det tidspunkt er amoritternes synd blevet så voldsom, at jeg må straffe dem.”
17 Da Abram vågnede, var solen gået ned, og han så noget som en rygende ovn eller en flammende fakkel passere midt imellem halvdelene af de døde dyr. 18 Sådan bekræftede Herren den dag pagten med Abram. „Jeg giver dette land til dig og dine efterkommere,” sagde han, „lige fra grænsen til Egypten mod syd og op til Eufratfloden mod nord—hele det område, 19 som bebos af kenitterne, kenizzitterne, kadmonitterne, 20 hittitterne, perizzitterne, refaitterne, 21 amoritterne, kana’anæerne, girgashitterne og jebusitterne.”
Genesis 15
New International Version
Genesis 15
New International Version
The Lord’s Covenant With Abram
15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram(A) in a vision:(B)
2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(F) what can you give me since I remain childless(G) and the one who will inherit[c] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?(H)” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant(I) in my household(J) will be my heir.”
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.(K)” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(L)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[d] be.”(M)
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(N)
7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(O) of Ur of the Chaldeans(P) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(Q)
8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(R) how can I know(S) that I will gain possession of it?”(T)
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(U) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(V) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(W)”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(X) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(Y) 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,(Z) but Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep,(AA) and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years(AB) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved(AC) and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(AD) with great possessions.(AE) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(AF) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(AG) 16 In the fourth generation(AH) your descendants will come back here,(AI) for the sin of the Amorites(AJ) has not yet reached its full measure.”
17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(AK) appeared and passed between the pieces.(AL) 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(AM) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(AN) from the Wadi[e] of Egypt(AO) to the great river, the Euphrates(AP)— 19 the land of the Kenites,(AQ) Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites,(AR) Perizzites,(AS) Rephaites,(AT) 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”(AU)
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:1 Or sovereign
- Genesis 15:1 Or shield; / your reward will be very great
- Genesis 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
- Genesis 15:18 Or river
Genesis 15
English Standard Version
Genesis 15
English Standard Version
God's Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: (A)“Fear not, Abram, I am (B)your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and (C)a member of my household will be my heir.” 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; (D)your very own son[b] shall be your heir.” 5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and (E)number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, (F)“So shall your offspring be.” 6 And (G)he believed the Lord, and (H)he counted it to him as righteousness.
7 And he said to him, “I am the Lord who (I)brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans (J)to give you this land to possess.” 8 But he said, “O Lord God, (K)how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 And he brought him all these, (L)cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But (M)he did not cut the birds in half. 11 And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was going down, a (N)deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain (O)that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and (P)they will be afflicted for (Q)four hundred years. 14 But (R)I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward (S)they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; (T)you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for (U)the iniquity of the Amorites (V)is not yet complete.”
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, (W)“To your offspring I give[c] this land, from (X)the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:2 Or I shall die
- Genesis 15:4 Hebrew what will come out of your own loins
- Genesis 15:18 Or have given
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