Genesis 15

akhar haddevarim ha'elleh hayah devar-Adonai el-avram bammakhazeh lemor al-tira avram anokhi magen lakh sekharekha harbeh me'od

Some time later, the word of GOD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”

vayyomer avram adonay Elohim mah-ttitten-li ve'anokhi holekh ariri uven-mesheq beti hu dammeseq eli'ezer

But Abram said, “O my Sovereign GOD, what can You give me, seeing that I shall die childless, and the one in charge of my household is Dammesek Eliezer!”

vayyomer avram hen li lo natattah zara vehinneh ven-beti yoresh oti

Abram said further, “Since You have granted me no offspring, my steward will be my heir.”

vehinneh devar-Adonai elayw lemor lo yirashekha zeh ki-im asher yetse mimme'ekha hu yirashekha

The word of GOD came to him in reply, “That one shall not be your heir; none but your very own issue shall be your heir.”

vayyotse oto hakhutsah vayyomer habbet-na hashamaymah usefor hakkokhavim im-tukhal lispor otam vayyomer lo koh yihyeh zarekha

[Then in the vision, God] took him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them”—continuing, “So shall your offspring be.”

vehe'emin ba-Adonai vayyakhsheveha lo tsedaqah

And he put his trust in GOD, who reckoned it to his merit.

vayyomer elayw ani Adonai asher hotsetikha me'ur kasdim latet lekha et-ha'arets hazzot lerishtah

Then [God] said to him, “I am GOD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to assign this land to you as a possession.”

vayyomar adonay Elohim bammah eda ki irashennah

And he said, “O my Sovereign GOD, how shall I know that I am to possess it?”

vayyomer elayw qekhah li eglah meshulleshet ve'ez meshulleshet ve'ayil meshullash vetor vegozal

Came the reply, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young bird.”

vayyiqqakh-lo et-kol-elleh vayevatter otam battavekh vayyitten ish-bitro liqrat re'ehu ve'et-hatsippor lo vatar

He brought all these and cut them in two, placing each half opposite the other; but he did not cut up the bird.

vayyered ha'ayit al-happegarim vayyashev otam avram

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

vayehi hashemesh lavo vetardemah nafelah al-avram vehinneh emah khashekhah gedolah nofelet alayw

As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great dark dread descended upon him.

vayyomer le'avram yadoa teda ki-ger yihyeh zarakha be'erets lo lahem va'avadum ve'innu otam arba me'ot shanah

And [God] said to Abram, “Know well that your offspring shall be strangers in a land not theirs, and they shall be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years;

vegam et-haggoy asher ya'avodu dan anokhi ve'akhare-khen yetse'u birkhush gadol

but I will execute judgment on the nation they shall serve, and in the end they shall go free with great wealth.

ve'attah tavo el-avotekha beshalom tiqqaver besevah tovah

As for you, You shall go to your ancestors in peace; You shall be buried at a ripe old age.

vedor revi'i yashuvu hennah ki lo-shalem avon ha'emori ad-hennah

And they shall return here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

vayehi hashemesh ba'ah va'alatah hayah vehinneh tannur ashan velappid esh asher avar ben haggezarim ha'elleh

When the sun set and it was very dark, there appeared a smoking oven, and a flaming torch that passed between those pieces.

bayyom hahu karat Adonai et-avram berit lemor lezarakha natatti et-ha'arets hazzot minnehar mitsrayim ad-hannahar haggadol nehar-perat

On that day GOD made a covenant with Abram: “To your offspring I assign this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates—

et-haqqeni ve'et-haqqenizzi ve'et haqqadmoni

the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

ve'et-hakhitti ve'et-happerizzi ve'et-harefa'im

the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

ve'et-ha'emori ve'et-hakkena'ani ve'et-haggirgashi ve'et-hayevusi

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