Genesis Chapter 15

Genesis Chapter 15
1 After these things, the word of the
Lord came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy
buckler, and thine exceeding great
reward. 2 And Abram said, O Lord God,
what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of mine house
is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 Again Abram said, Behold, to me thou
hast given no seed: wherefore lo, a
servant of mine house shall be mine heir.
4 Then behold, the word of the Lord
came unto him, saying, He shall not be
thine heir, but one that shall come out of
thine own bowels, he shall be thine heir.
5 Moreover he brought him forth and
said, Look up now unto heaven, and tell
the stars, if thou be able to number them:
and he said unto him, So shall thy seed
be.
6 And Abram believed the Lord, and he
counted that to him for righteousness. 7
Again 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.
8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby
shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 Then 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, a turtle dove also and a
pigeon.
10 So he took all these unto him, and
divided them into the midst, and laid
every piece one against another: but the
birds divided he not.
11 Then fouls fell on the carcasses, and
Abram drove them away. 12 And when
the sun went down, there fell an heavy
sleep upon Abram: and lo, a very fearful
darkness fell upon him.
13 Then he said to Abram, Know this of
a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger
in a land, that is not theirs, four hundred
years, and shall serve them: and they
shall entreat them evil.
14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom
they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great
substance.
15 But thou shalt go unto thy fathers in
peace , and shalt be buried in a good
age.
16 And in the fourth generation they
shall come hither again: for the
wickedness of the Amorites is not yet
full.
17 Also when the sun went down, there
was a darkness: and behold, a smoking
furnace, and a firebrand, which went
between those pieces. 18 In that 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 Kenizites, and
the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites,
and the Rephaims,
21 The Amorites also, and the
Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.