| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 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: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance." |
| 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? | 2But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir 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. | 3Abram added, "Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be 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. | 4But look, the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will 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. | 5The LORD took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars--if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be." |
| 6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. | 6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty. |
| 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. | 7The LORD said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess." |
| 8And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? | 8But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to 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. | 9The LORD said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove 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. | 10So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half. |
| 11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. | 11When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, 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. | 12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed 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; | 13Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. |
| 14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. | 14But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. 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. | 15But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and 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. | 16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit." |
| 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. | 17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts. |
| 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: | 18That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River-- |
| 19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, | 19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, |
| 20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, | 20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, |
| 21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. | 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites." |
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