15AFTER THESE things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your Shield, your abundant compensation, {and} your reward shall be exceedingly great.H310H1697H1697H3068H1961H87H4236H559H3372H87H4043H3966H7235H7939 2And Abram said, Lord God, what can You give me, since I am going on [from this world] childless and he who shall be the owner {and} heir of my house is this [steward] Eliezer of Damascus?H87H559H136H3069H5414H1980H6185H1121H4943H1004H1931H461H1834 3And Abram continued, Look, You have given me no child; and [a servant] born in my house is my heir.H87H559H5414H3808H2233H1121H1004H3423 4And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir, but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir.H1697H3068H559H3423H3318H4578H3423 5And He brought him outside [his tent into the starlight] and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars--if you are able to number them. Then He said to him, So shall your descendants be.H3318H2351H559H5027H8064H5608H3556H3201H5608H559H3541H2233 6And he [Abram] believed in (trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (right standing with God).H539H3068H2803H6666 7And He said to him, I am the [same] Lord, Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees to give you this land as an inheritance.H559H3068H3318H218H3778H5414H776H3423 8But he [Abram] said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?H559H136H3069H4100H3045H3423 9And He said to him, Bring to Me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.H559H3947H5697H8027H5795H8027H352H8027H8449H1469 10And he brought Him all these and cut them down the middle [into halves] and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.H3947H1334H8432H5414H376H1335H7125H7453H6833H1334 11And when the birds of prey swooped down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.H5861H3381H6297H87H5380 12When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram, and a horror (a terror, a shuddering fear) of great darkness assailed {and} oppressed him.H8121H935H8639H5307H87H367H1419H2825H5307 13And [God] said to Abram, Know positively that your descendants will be strangers dwelling as temporary residents in a land that is not theirs [Egypt], and they will be slaves there and will be afflicted {and} oppressed for 400 years. [Fulfilled in Exod. 12:40.]H559H87H3045H3045H2233H1616H776H5647H6031H702H3967H8141 14But I will bring judgment on that nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.H1471H5647H1777H310H3651H3318H1419H7399 15And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old (hoary) age.H935H1H7965H6912H2896H7872 16And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full {and} complete.H7243H1755H2008H7725H5771H567H2008H8003 17When the sun had gone down and a [thick] darkness had come on, behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between those pieces.H8121H935H5939H6227H8574H784H3940H5674H996H1506 18On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates--the land ofH1931H3117H3068H3772H1285H87H559H2233H5414H776H5104H4714H1419H5104H5104H6578 19The Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,H7017H7074H6935 20The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,H2850H6522H7497 21The Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.H567H3669H1622H2983
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