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Genesis 15

Abram Promised a Son

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After these things  athe word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, " bDo not fear, Abram, I am  ca shield to you;  1Your  dreward shall be very great."

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Abram said, "O Lord  1GOD, what will You give me, since I  2am childless, and the  3heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

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And Abram said, " 1Since You have given no  2offspring to me,  3one  aborn in my house is my heir."

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Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir;  abut one who will come forth from your own  1body, he shall be your heir."

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And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and  acount the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, " bSo shall your  1descendants be."

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 aThen he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of  aUr of the Chaldeans, to  bgive you this land to  1possess it."

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He said, "O Lord  1GOD,  ahow may I know that I will  2possess it?"

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So He said to him, " 1Bring 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."

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Then he  1brought all these to Him and  acut them  2in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he  bdid not cut the birds.

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The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

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Now when the sun was going down,  aa deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold,  1terror and great darkness fell upon him.

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God said to Abram, "Know for certain that  ayour  1descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs,  2where  bthey will be enslaved and oppressed  cfour hundred years.

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"But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out  awith  1many possessions.

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"As for you,  ayou shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

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"Then in  athe fourth generation they will return here, for  bthe iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."

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It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which  apassed between these pieces.

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On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, " aTo your  1descendants I have given this land, From  bthe river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

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 athe Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite

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and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim

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and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite."



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