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Ang Kasunduan ng Diyos kay Abram

15 Pagkaraan ng lahat ng ito, si Abram ay nagkaroon ng isang pangitain. Sinabi sa kanya ni Yahweh, “Abram, huwag kang matakot. Ako ang iyong kalasag na mag-iingat sa iyo. Bibigyan kita ng napakalaking gantimpala.”

Ngunit sinabi ni Abram, “Panginoong Yahweh, ano pang kabuluhan ng gantimpala mo sa akin kung wala naman akong anak? Wala akong tagapagmana kundi si Eliezer na taga-Damasco. Hindi mo ako pinagkalooban ng anak, kaya ang alipin kong ito ang magmamana ng aking ari-arian.”

Subalit sinabi ni Yahweh, “Hindi isang alipin ang iyong magiging tagapagmana; ang sarili mong anak ang magiging tagapagmana.” Dinala(A) siya ni Yahweh sa labas at sinabi sa kanya, “Tumingin ka sa langit at masdan mo ang mga bituin! Mabibilang mo ba iyan? Ganyan karami ang magiging lahi mo.” Si(B) Abram ay sumampalataya kay Yahweh, at dahil dito, siya'y itinuring ni Yahweh bilang isang taong matuwid.

Sinabi pa ni Yahweh kay Abram, “Ako ang kumuha sa iyo sa bayan ng Ur ng Caldea upang ibigay sa iyo ang lupaing ito.”

Itinanong naman ni Abram, “ Panginoong Yahweh, paano ko malalamang ito'y magiging akin?”

Sinabi sa kanya, “Dalhan mo ako ng isang baka, isang babaing kambing, at isang tupa, bawat isa'y tatlong taon ang gulang. Magdala ka rin ng isang kalapati at isang batu-bato.” 10 Dinala nga ni Abram ang lahat ng iyon at biniyak ang bawat isa maliban sa mga ibon. Inihanay niyang magkakapatong ang pinaghating hayop. 11 Bumabâ ang mga buwitre upang kainin ang mga ito, ngunit itinaboy sila ni Abram.

12 Nang(C) lumulubog na ang araw, nakatulog nang mahimbing si Abram, at nilukuban siya ng isang nakakapangilabot na kadiliman. 13 Sinabi(D) ni Yahweh, “Ang iyong mga anak at apo ay mangingibang-bayan at magiging alipin doon sa loob ng 400 taon. 14 Ngunit(E) paparusahan ko ang bansang aalipin sa kanila, at pag-alis nila roon ay marami silang kayamanang madadala. 15 Pahahabain ko ang iyong buhay; mamamatay at ililibing kang payapa. 16 Daraan muna ang apat na salinlahi bago sila makabalik dito, sapagkat hindi ko muna paparusahan ang mga Amoreo hanggang sa maging sukdulan ang kanilang kasamaan.”

17 Pagkalubog ng araw at laganap na ang dilim, biglang may lumitaw na palayok na umuusok, at maningas na sulo na dumaan sa pagitan ng mga pinatay na hayop. 18 At(F) nang araw na iyon, gumawa si Yahweh ng kasunduan nila ni Abram at ganito ang sinabi niya: “Ibibigay sa lahi mo ang lupaing ito, mula sa hanggahan ng Egipto hanggang sa Ilog Eufrates, 19 kasama ang lupain ng mga Cineo, Cenizeo, Cadmoneo, 20 Heteo, Perezeo at Refaita, 21 gayundin ang lupain ng mga Amoreo, Cananeo, Gergeseo at Jebuseo.”

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.” 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?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and (C)a member of my household will be my heir.” 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.” 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.” And (G)he believed the Lord, and (H)he counted it to him as righteousness.

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.” But he said, “O Lord God, (K)how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 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

  1. Genesis 15:2 Or I shall die
  2. Genesis 15:4 Hebrew what will come out of your own loins
  3. Genesis 15:18 Or have given

15 After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.'

And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, `This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

And 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;'

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

And 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;'

10 and 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;

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

12 And 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;

13 and 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,

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

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

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

17 And 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.

18 In 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,

19 with 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.'

15 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

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.

And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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.

And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

18 In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.