| NET Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 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." | 1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great. |
| 2But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?" | 2But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" |
| 3Abram added, "Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!" | 3Abram continued, "Look, you have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my 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." | 4Now the word of the LORD came to him: "This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir." |
| 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." | 5He took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then he said to him, "Your offspring will be that numerous." |
| 6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty. | 6Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. |
| 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." | 7He also said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess." |
| 8But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?" | 8But he said, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?" |
| 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." | 9He said to him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." |
| 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. | 10So he brought all these to him, cut them in half, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half. |
| 11When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. | 11Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. |
| 12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him. | 12As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him. |
| 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. | 13Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed. |
| 14But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions. | 14However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions. |
| 15But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. | 15But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. |
| 16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit." | 16In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure." |
| 17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts. | 17When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals. |
| 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-- | 18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River: |
| 19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, | 19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, |
| 20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, | 20Hethites, Perizzites, Rephaim, |
| 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites." | 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites." |
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