Genesis 15 : 1 (HCSB)
After 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.
Genesis 15 : 2 (HCSB)
But Abram said, "Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Genesis 15 : 3 (HCSB)
Abram continued, "Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir."
Genesis 15 : 4 (HCSB)
Now 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."
Genesis 15 : 5 (HCSB)
He 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 ."
Genesis 15 : 6 (HCSB)
Abram believed the LORD, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Genesis 15 : 7 (HCSB)
He also said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."
Genesis 15 : 8 (HCSB)
But he said, "Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?"
Genesis 15 : 9 (HCSB)
He 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."
Genesis 15 : 10 (HCSB)
So he brought all these to Him, split them down the middle, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut up the birds.
Genesis 15 : 11 (HCSB)
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15 : 12 (HCSB)
As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly a terror and great darkness descended on him.
Genesis 15 : 13 (HCSB)
Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know this for certain: Your offspring will be strangers in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.
Genesis 15 : 14 (HCSB)
However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterwards they will go out with many possessions.
Genesis 15 : 15 (HCSB)
But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Genesis 15 : 16 (HCSB)
In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
Genesis 15 : 17 (HCSB)
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided *animals .
Genesis 15 : 18 (HCSB)
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:
Genesis 15 : 19 (HCSB)
*the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Genesis 15 : 20 (HCSB)
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim,
Genesis 15 : 21 (HCSB)
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."
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