{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":15,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/14","next":"genesis/16","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:“ Do not be afraid, Abram. I [am] your shield, your very great reward.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Do not be afraid, Abram."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I [am] your shield,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your very great reward.”"}],"h":"God’s Covenant with Abram","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"But Abram replied,“ O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"Abram continued,“ Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Then the word of the LORD came to [Abram], saying,“ This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"And [the LORD] took him outside and said,“ Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him,“ So {shall} your offspring be.”","f":["Cited in Romans 4:18"]},{"v":6,"t":"Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.","f":["Cited in Romans 4:3, Romans 4:22, Galatians 3:6, and James 2:23"],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"[The LORD] also told him,“ I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"But [Abram] replied,“ Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”","f":[],"h":"God Confirms His Promise","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"And [the LORD] said to him,“ Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, [each] three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"So [Abram] brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"Then [the LORD] said to Abram,“ Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.","f":["Cited in Acts 7:6–7"]},{"v":15,"t":"You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"In the fourth generation [your descendants] will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet complete.”","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves [of the carcasses].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"On that 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 Euphrates —","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”","f":[]}]}