Genesis 15:5-11
New International Version
5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(C)
7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(D) of Ur of the Chaldeans(E) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(F)
8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(G) how can I know(H) that I will gain possession of it?”(I)
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(J) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(K) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(L)”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(M) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(N) 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,(O) but Abram drove them away.
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
Genesis 15:5-11
King James Version
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.
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