1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Genesis 15
1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision.
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15:1 ¶
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.'
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15:2
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.'
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15:3
And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'
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15:4
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;'
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15:5
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.'
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15:6
And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to himrighteousness.
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15:7
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;'
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15:8
and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
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15:9
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;'
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15:10
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;
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15:11
and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.
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15:12
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;
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15:13
and He saith to Abram, 'knowingknow that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,
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15:14
and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;
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15:15
and thouthou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;
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15:16
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
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15:17
And it cometh to passthe sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath beenand lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.
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15:18
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,
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15:19
with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
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15:20
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
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15:21
and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'