Genesis 15:2 - Prayer Tents

The Abrahamic Covenant

15After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.H310H1697H1697H3068H1961H87H4236H559H3372H87H4043H3966H7235H7939 2But Abram said, "Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"H87H559H136H3069H5414H1980H6185H1121H4943H1004H1931H461H1834 3Abram continued, "Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir."H87H559H5414H3808H2233H1121H1004H3423 4Now the word of the LORD came to him: "This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir."H1697H3068H559H3423H3318H4578H3423 5He took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He said to him, "Your offspring will be that [numerous]."H3318H2351H559H5027H8064H5608H3556H3201H5608H559H3541H2233 6Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.H539H3068H2803H6666 7He also said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."H559H3068H3318H218H3778H5414H776H3423 8But he said, "Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?"H559H136H3069H4100H3045H3423 9He said to him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."H559H3947H5697H8027H5795H8027H352H8027H8449H1469 10So he brought all these to Him, split them down the middle, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut up the birds.H3947H1334H8432H5414H376H1335H7125H7453H6833H1334 11Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.H5861H3381H6297H87H5380 12As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly a terror and great darkness descended on him.H8121H935H8639H5307H87H367H1419H2825H5307 13Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know this for certain: Your offspring will be strangers in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.H559H87H3045H3045H2233H1616H776H5647H6031H702H3967H8141 14However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterwards they will go out with many possessions.H1471H5647H1777H310H3651H3318H1419H7399 15But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.H935H1H7965H6912H2896H7872 16In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."H7243H1755H2008H7725H5771H567H2008H8003 17When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided [animals].H8121H935H5939H6227H8574H784H3940H5674H996H1506 18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:H1931H3117H3068H3772H1285H87H559H2233H5414H776H5104H4714H1419H5104H5104H6578 19[the land of] the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,H7017H7074H6935 20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim,H2850H6522H7497 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."H567H3669H1622H2983