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| 1Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield. Your reward will be very great." | 1After 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.” |
| 2But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, what can you give me since I continue to be childless, and the heir of my household is Eliezer from Damascus? | 2But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” |
| 3Look!" Abram said, "You haven't given me any offspring, so a servant born in my house is going to be my heir." | 3Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.” |
| 4A message came from the LORD to him again: "This one will not be your heir. Instead, the child who will be born to you will be your heir." | 4Then 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.” |
| 5Then the LORD took him outside. "Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!" he said. "Your descendants will be that numerous." | 5And 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.” |
| 6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness. | 6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness. |
| 7The LORD spoke to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance." | 7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” |
| 8But he replied, "Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?" | 8But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?” |
| 9The LORD responded, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." | 9And 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.” |
| 10So Abram brought him all these animals and cut each of them in half, down the middle, placing the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half. | 10So 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. |
| 11When birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. | 11And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. |
| 12As the sun began to set, Abram was overcome with deep sleep, and suddenly a frightening and terrifying darkness descended on him. | 12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. |
| 13Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be certain about this: Your descendants will be foreigners in a land that isn't theirs. They will be slaves there and will be oppressed for 400 years. | 13Then 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. |
| 14However, I will judge the nation that they serve, and later they will leave there with many possessions. | 14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. |
| 15Now as for you, you'll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age. | 15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. |
| 16Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course." | 16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” |
| 17When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces. | 17When 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. |
| 18That very day the LORD made this covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your descendants, from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River— | 18On 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— |
| 19including the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, | 19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, |
| 20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, | 20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, |
| 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites." | 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.” |
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