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Genesis 15

21 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .

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After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision : “Do not be afraid , Abram . I am your shield, your very great reward.
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 . '
But Abram replied , “O Lord GOD , what can You give me, since I remain childless , and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
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 .'
Abram continued , “Behold , You have given me no offspring , so a servant in my household will be my heir.
And Abram saith , `Lo , to me Thou hast not given seed , and lo, a domestic doth heir me . '
Then the word of the LORD came to Abram , saying, This one will not be your heir , but one who comes from your own body will be your heir .”
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;'
And the LORD took him outside and said , “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able .” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be .
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 . '
Abram believed the LORD , and it was credited to him as righteousness.
And he hath believed in Jehovah , and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.
The LORD also told him, I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess .”
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;'
But Abram replied , Lord GOD , how can I know that I will possess it?
and he saith , ` Lord Jehovah , whereby do I know that I possess it? '
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram , each three years old , along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
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;'
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle , and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however , he did not cut in half.
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;
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses , but Abram drove them away .
and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases , and Abram causeth them to turn back .
As the sun was setting , Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him .
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 ;
Then the LORD said to Abram, Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own , and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years .
and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs , and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years ,
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves , and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
and the nation also whom they serve I judge , and after this they go out with great substance;
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age .
and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace ; thou art buried in a good old age ;
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here , for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither , for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete. '
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold , a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses .
And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo , a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces .
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
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,
the land of the Kenites , Kenizzites , Kadmonites ,
with the Kenite , and the Kenizzite , and the Kadmonite ,
Hittites , Perizzites , Rephaites ,
and the Hittite , and the Perizzite , and the Rephaim ,
Amorites , Canaanites , Girgashites , and Jebusites .
and the Amorite , and the Canaanite , and the Girgashite , and the Jebusite . '

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