Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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. '
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
. ”
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 .'
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
, `Lo
, to
me
Thou
hast
not
given seed,
and
lo
, a domestic
doth
heir me
. '
Abram continued
, “Behold
, You
have
given me
no
offspring
, so
a servant
in
my
household
will
be
my
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;'
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 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
. '
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
hath
believed in
Jehovah
, and He
reckoneth
it to him --
righteousness.
Abram
believed the
LORD
, and it was
credited
to him as
righteousness.
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;'
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
, `
Lord Jehovah
, whereby
do
I know that I possess it? '
But
Abram
replied
, “
Lord GOD
, how
can
I know that I will
possess it? ”
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;'
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
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;
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 the ravenous
birds come
down
upon
the carcases
, and
Abram causeth
them to
turn
back
.
And the birds of
prey
descended
on
the carcasses
, but
Abram drove
them away
.
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 ;
As
the sun was
setting
, Abram
fell
into
a
deep sleep, and suddenly
great terror
and
darkness overwhelmed
him .
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 ,
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
the nation also
whom
they serve I
judge
, and after
this
they go
out
with great
substance;
But
I
will
judge
the nation they serve as
slaves
, and afterward
they will
depart
with many
possessions.
and
thou
--
thou
comest
in
unto
thy
fathers in peace ;
thou
art
buried in
a good
old age ;
You,
however,
will
go
to
your
fathers in peace and
be
buried at
a ripe
old age .
and
the fourth generation doth
turn
back
hither
, for the iniquity of the Amorite
is not yet complete. '
In
the fourth generation your
descendants
will
return
here
, for the iniquity of the Amorites
is not yet complete. ”
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
.
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
.
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,
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—
with
the Kenite,
and
the Kenizzite
, and
the
Kadmonite
,
the land
of
the Kenites
, Kenizzites
, Kadmonites,
and
the
Hittite
, and
the
Perizzite
, and
the
Rephaim
,
Hittites
, Perizzites
, Rephaites
,
and
the
Amorite
, and
the
Canaanite
, and
the
Girgashite
, and the
Jebusite
. '
Amorites
, Canaanites
, Girgashites
, and Jebusites
. ”
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