1 After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.’ YLT — Genesis 15:1
2 And Abram saith, ‘Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.’ YLT — Genesis 15:2
3 And Abram saith, ‘Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.’ YLT — Genesis 15:3
4 And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, ‘This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;’ YLT — Genesis 15:4
5 and He bringeth him out without, and saith, ‘Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;’ and He saith to him, ‘Thus is thy seed.’ YLT — Genesis 15:5
6 And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness. YLT — Genesis 15:6
7 And He saith unto him, ‘I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;’ YLT — Genesis 15:7
8 and he saith, ‘Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?’ YLT — Genesis 15:8
9 And He saith unto him, ‘Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;’ YLT — Genesis 15:9
10 and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided; YLT — Genesis 15:10
11 and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back. YLT — Genesis 15:11
12 And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him; YLT — Genesis 15:12
13 and He saith to Abram, ‘knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, YLT — Genesis 15:13
14 and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance; YLT — Genesis 15:14
15 and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age; YLT — Genesis 15:15
16 and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.’ YLT — Genesis 15:16
17 And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces. YLT — Genesis 15:17
18 In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, ‘To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat, YLT — Genesis 15:18
19 with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, YLT — Genesis 15:19
20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, YLT — Genesis 15:20
21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.’ YLT — Genesis 15:21