Genesis 15

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 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.	1 And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”
2 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?	2 And Abram said: “Lord God, what will you give to me? I may go without children. And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.	3 And Abram added: “Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir.”
4 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.	4 And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: “This one will not be your heir. But he who will come from your loins, the same will you have for your heir.”
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.	5 And he brought him outside, and he said to him, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.”
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.	6 Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
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.	7 And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?	8 But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess 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.	9 And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a 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.	10 Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.	11 And birds descended upon the carcasses, but 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.	12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded 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;	13 And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.	14 Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve, and after this they will depart with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.	15 But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at 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.	16 But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”
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.	17 Then, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.
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:	18 On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,	19 the land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,	20 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, likewise the Rephaim,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.	21 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”