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God’s Covenant with Abram

1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram ain a vision, saying, b“Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your cshield, your exceedingly dgreat reward.”  
2 aBut Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, bseeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”  
3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed aone born in my house is my heir!”  
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who awill come from your own body shall be your heir.”  
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and acount the bstars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, c“So shall your ddescendants be.”  
6 And he abelieved in the Lord, and He baccounted it to him for righteousness.  
7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who abrought you out of bUr of the Chaldeans, cto give you this land to inherit it.”  
8 And he said, “Lord God, ahow shall I know that I will inherit it?”  
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.”
10 Then he brought all these to Him and acut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut bthe birds in two.  
11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, aa deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.  
13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly athat your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and bthey will afflict them four hundred years.  
14 And also the nation whom they serve aI will judge; afterward bthey shall come out with great possessions.  
15 Now as for you, ayou shall go bto your fathers in peace; cyou shall be buried at a good old age.  
16 But ain the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity bof the Amorites cis not yet complete.”  
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 apassed between those pieces.  
18 On the same day the Lord amade a covenant with Abram, saying: b“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—  
19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Verse Comparison: Genesis 15:2

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American Standard Version
And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

Amplified® Bible
And Abram said, Lord God, what can You give me, since I am going on [from this world] childless and he who shall be the owner {and} heir of my house is this [steward] Eliezer of Damascus?

Contemporary English Version
But Abram answered, "LORD All-Powerful, you have given me everything I could ask for, except children. And when I die, Eliezer of Damascus will get all I own.

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

Good News Bible
But Abram answered, "Sovereign LORD, what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

New International Version
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?"

New King James Version
But Abram said, 'Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I have no children, and the heir of my house I designate as Eliezer of Damascus?"

Revised Standard Version
But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"

Young's Literal Translation
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.'


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