1 A fter these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I a shield to thee, thy reward exceeding great.'

After 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.

2 A nd 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.'

And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

3 A nd Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

4 A nd lo, the word of Jehovah unto him, saying, `This doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

And, 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.

5 a nd 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.'

And 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.

6 A nd he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 A nd He saith unto him, `I Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

And 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.

8 a nd he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 A nd 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;'

And 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.

10 a nd 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;

And 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.

11 a nd the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12 A nd 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;

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 a nd 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,

And 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;

14 a nd the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 a nd thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 a nd the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17 A nd 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.

And 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.

18 I n 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,

In 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:

19 w ith the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 a nd the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 a nd the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'

and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.