Gen.15.1
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.
Gen.15.1
After all these things, this word of GOD came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"
Gen.15.1
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. "
Gen.15.1
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
Gen.15.1
Afterward the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great."
Gen.15.2
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?
Gen.15.2
Abram said, "GOD, Master, what use are your gifts as long as I'm childless and Eliezer of Damascus is going to inherit everything?"
Gen.15.2
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Gen.15.2
But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Gen.15.2
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since I don't have a son, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
Gen.15.3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Gen.15.3
Abram continued, "See, you've given me no children, and now a mere house servant is going to get it all."
Gen.15.3
And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir."
Gen.15.3
Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"
Gen.15.3
You have given me no children, so one of my servants will have to be my heir."
Gen.15.4
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.
Gen.15.4
Then GOD's Message came: "Don't worry, he won't be your heir; a son from your body will be your heir."
Gen.15.4
Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."
Gen.15.4
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir."
Gen.15.4
Then the LORD said to him, "No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own to inherit everything I am giving you."
Gen.15.5
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.
Gen.15.5
Then he took him outside and said, "Look at the sky. Count the stars. Can you do it? Count your descendants! You're going to have a big family, Abram!"
Gen.15.5
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars-if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
Gen.15.5
Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
Gen.15.5
Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"
Gen.15.6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gen.15.6
And he believed! Believed GOD! God declared him "Set-Right-with-God."
Gen.15.6
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
Gen.15.6
And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Gen.15.6
And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD declared him righteous because of his faith.
Gen.15.7
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.
Gen.15.7
GOD continued, "I'm the same GOD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldees and gave you this land to own."
Gen.15.7
He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."
Gen.15.7
Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."
Gen.15.7
Then the LORD told him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land."
Gen.15.8
And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Gen.15.8
Abram said, "Master GOD, how am I to know this, that it will all be mine?"
Gen.15.8
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
Gen.15.8
And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?"
Gen.15.8
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that you will give it to me?"
Gen.15.9
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.
Gen.15.9
GOD said, "Bring me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon."
Gen.15.9
So the LORD said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
Gen.15.9
So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
Gen.15.9
Then the LORD told him, "Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
Gen.15.10
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.
Gen.15.10
He brought all these animals to him, split them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. But he didn't split the birds.
Gen.15.10
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
Gen.15.10
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
Gen.15.10
Abram took all these and killed them. He cut each one down the middle and laid the halves side by side. He did not, however, divide the birds in half.
Gen.15.11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Gen.15.11
Vultures swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram scared them off.
Gen.15.11
Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Gen.15.11
And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
Gen.15.11
Some vultures came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
Gen.15.12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Gen.15.12
As the sun went down a deep sleep overcame Abram and then a sense of dread, dark and heavy.
Gen.15.12
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
Gen.15.12
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.
Gen.15.12
That evening, as the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep. He saw a terrifying vision of darkness and horror.
Gen.15.13
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;
Gen.15.13
GOD said to Abram, "Know this: your descendants will live as outsiders in a land not theirs; they'll be enslaved and beaten down for 400 years.
Gen.15.13
Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Gen.15.13
Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
Gen.15.13
Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years.
Gen.15.14
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Gen.15.14
Then I'll punish their slave masters; your offspring will march out of there loaded with plunder.
Gen.15.14
But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
Gen.15.14
And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
Gen.15.14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth.
Gen.15.15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Gen.15.15
But not you; you'll have a long and full life and die a good and peaceful death.
Gen.15.15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
Gen.15.15
Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
Gen.15.15
(But you will die in peace, at a ripe old age.)
Gen.15.16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Gen.15.16
Not until the fourth generation will your descendants return here; sin is still a thriving business among the Amorites."
Gen.15.16
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
Gen.15.16
But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
Gen.15.16
After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, when the sin of the Amorites has run its course."
Gen.15.17
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.
Gen.15.17
When the sun was down and it was dark, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch moved between the split carcasses.
Gen.15.17
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
Gen.15.17
And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.
Gen.15.17
As the sun went down and it became dark, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
Gen.15.18
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:
Gen.15.18
That's when GOD made a covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your children, from the Nile River in Egypt to the River Euphrates in Assyria--
Gen.15.18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates-
Gen.15.18
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--
Gen.15.18
So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River--
Gen.15.19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Gen.15.19
the country of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Gen.15.19
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Gen.15.19
the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
Gen.15.19
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Gen.15.20
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Gen.15.20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim,
Gen.15.20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Gen.15.20
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Gen.15.20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Gen.15.21
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Gen.15.21
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites." [JC]
Gen.15.21
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."
Gen.15.21
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
Gen.15.21
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."
