Genesis 15:7-21

New King James Version

⁷Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who ^(A)brought you out of ^(B)Ur of the Chaldeans, ^(C)to give you this land to inherit it.”

⁸And he said, “Lord God, ^(D)how shall I know that I will inherit it?”

⁹So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰Then he brought all these to Him and ^(E)cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut ^(F)the birds in two. ¹¹And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹²Now when the sun was going down, ^(G)a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly ^(H)that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and ^(I)they will afflict them four hundred years. ¹⁴And also the nation whom they serve ^(J)I will judge; afterward ^(K)they shall come out with great possessions. ¹⁵Now as for you, ^(L)you shall ^[a]go ^(M)to your fathers in peace; ^(N)you shall be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶But ^(O)in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity ^(P)of the Amorites ^(Q)is not yet complete.”

¹⁷And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that ^(R)passed between those pieces. ¹⁸On the same day the Lord ^(S)made a covenant with Abram, saying:

^(T)“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— ¹⁹the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, ²⁰the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, ²¹the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

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Genesis 15:7-21

Young's Literal Translation

⁷And He saith unto him, `I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

⁸and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

⁹And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

¹⁰and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

¹¹and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

¹²And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

¹³and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

¹⁴and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

¹⁵and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

¹⁶and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

¹⁷And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

¹⁸In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

¹⁹with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

²⁰and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

²¹and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'

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Genesis 15:7-21

New American Standard Bible

⁷And He said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of ^(A)Ur of the Chaldeans, to ^(B)give you this land to ^[a]possess it.” ⁸But he said, “Lord ^[b]God, ^(C)how may I know that I will ^[c]possess it?” ⁹So He said to him, “^[d]Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰Then he ^[e]brought all these to Him and ^(D)cut them ^[f]in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he ^(E)did not cut the birds. ¹¹And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

¹²Now when the sun was going down, ^(F)a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, ^[g]terror and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that ^(G)your ^[h]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, ^[i]where ^(H)they will be enslaved and oppressed for ^(I)four hundred years. ¹⁴But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out ^(J)with ^[j]many possessions. ¹⁵As for you, ^(K)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶Then in ^(L)the fourth generation they will return here, for ^(M)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

¹⁷Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which ^(N)passed between these pieces. ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

“^(O)To your ^[k]descendants I have given this land,
From ^(P)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁹^(Q)the land of the Kenite, the Kenizzite, the Kadmonite, ²⁰the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Rephaim, ²¹the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”

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