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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 things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” |
| 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 said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue 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." | 3And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of 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." | 4And behold, the word of the LORD came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall 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 he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” |
| 6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness. | 6And he believed the LORD, and he counted it 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." | 7And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from 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 he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall 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." | 9He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, 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. | 10And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half. |
| 11When birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. | 11And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, 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 going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon 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 offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. |
| 14However, I will judge the nation that they serve, and later they will leave there with many possessions. | 14But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. |
| 15Now as for you, you'll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age. | 15As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. |
| 16Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course." | 16And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, 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 gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. |
| 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 offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, |
| 19including the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, | 19the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, |
| 20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, | 20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, |
| 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites." | 21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.” |
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