| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. | 1After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." |
| 2And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? | 2Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" |
| 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. | 3And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir." |
| 4And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. | 4Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir." |
| 5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. | 5And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." |
| 6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. | 6Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. |
| 7And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. | 7And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it." |
| 8And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? | 8He said, "O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?" |
| 9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. | 9So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." |
| 10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. | 10Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. |
| 11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. | 11The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. |
| 12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. | 12Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. |
| 13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; | 13God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. |
| 14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. | 14"But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. |
| 15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. | 15"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. |
| 16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. | 16"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete." |
| 17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. | 17It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces. |
| 18In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: | 18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: |
| 19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, | 19the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite |
| 20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, | 20and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim |
| 21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. | 21and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite." |
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