Genesis 15:12-20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 As the sun was setting, a deep sleep(A) fell on Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
13 Then the Lord said to Abram,(B) “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners(C) in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed[a] 400 years.(D) 14 However, I will judge the nation they serve,(E) and afterward they will go out with many possessions.(F) 15 But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.(G) 16 In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”[b](H)
17 When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring,(I) from the brook of Egypt(J) to the Euphrates River:[c] 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim,
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- Genesis 15:13 Lit will serve them and they will oppress them
- Genesis 15:16 Lit Amorites is not yet complete
- Genesis 15:18 Lit the great river, the river Euphrates
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