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World English Bible

Genesis 15 (WEBP)

[1] After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
[2] Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
[3] Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
[4] Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
[5] Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
[6] He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.
[7] He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
[8] He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
[9] He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
[10] He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
[11] The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
[12] When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
[13] He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
[14] I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
[15] but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
[16] In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
[17] It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
[18] In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
[19] the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
[20] the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
[21] the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

Genesis 15:2 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 15 (KJVS)

[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.
[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?
[3] And Abram said, () Behold, to me thou hast given () no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. ()
[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. ()
[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.
[6] And he believed () in the Lord; and he counted () it to him for righteousness.
[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.
[8] And he said, () Lord God, whereby shall I know () that I shall inherit it? ()
[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.
[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.
[11] And when the fowls came down () upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. ()
[12] And when the sun was going down, () a deep sleep fell () upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell () upon him.
[13] And he said () unto Abram, Know () of a surety () that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their’s, and shall serve () them; and they shall afflict () them four hundred years;
[14] and also that nation, whom they shall serve, () will I judge: () and afterward shall they come out () with great substance.
[15] And thou shalt go () to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried () in a good old age.
[16] But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: () for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[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.
[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:
[19] the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20] and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21] and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Genesis 15:17 Heb. a lamp of fire

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 15 (BYZ)

[1] Μετὰ () δὲ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα () ἐγενήθη () ῥῆμα () κυρίου () πρὸς () Αβραμ ἐν () ὁράματι () λέγων () Μὴ () φοβοῦ, Αβραμ· ἐγὼ () ὑπερασπίζω σου· () ὁ () μισθός () σου () πολὺς () ἔσται () σφόδρα. ()
[2] Λέγει () δὲ () Αβραμ Δέσποτα, () τί () μοι () δώσεις; () Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἀπολύομαι () ἄτεκνος· () ὁ () δὲ () υἱὸς () Μασεκ τῆς () οἰκογενοῦς μου, () οὗτος () Δαμασκὸς () Ελιεζερ. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν Αβραμ Ἐπειδὴ () ἐμοὶ () οὐκ () ἔδωκας () σπέρμα, () ὁ () δὲ () οἰκογενής μου () κληρονομήσει () με. ()
[4] Καὶ () εὐθὺς () φωνὴ () κυρίου () ἐγένετο () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () λέγων () Οὐ () κληρονομήσει () σε () οὗτος, () ἀλλ’ () ὃς () ἐξελεύσεται () ἐκ () σοῦ, () οὗτος () κληρονομήσει () σε. ()
[5] Ἐξήγαγεν () δὲ () αὐτὸν () ἔξω () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτῷ () Ἀνάβλεψον () δὴ () εἰς () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () ἀρίθμησον () τοὺς () ἀστέρας, () εἰ () δυνήσῃ () ἐξαριθμῆσαι αὐτούς. () Καὶ () εἶπεν Οὕτως () ἔσται () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐπίστευσεν () Αβραμ τῷ () θεῷ, () καὶ () ἐλογίσθη () αὐτῷ () εἰς () δικαιοσύνην. ()
[7] Εἶπεν δὲ () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Ἐγὼ () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () ἐξαγαγών () σε () ἐκ () χώρας () Χαλδαίων ὥστε () δοῦναί () σοι () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην () κληρονομῆσαι. ()
[8] Εἶπεν δέ () Δέσποτα () κύριε, () κατὰ () τί () γνώσομαι () ὅτι () κληρονομήσω () αὐτήν; ()
[9] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτῷ () Λαβέ () μοι () δάμαλιν () τριετίζουσαν καὶ () αἶγα τριετίζουσαν καὶ () κριὸν τριετίζοντα καὶ () τρυγόνα () καὶ () περιστεράν. ()
[10] Ἔλαβεν () δὲ () αὐτῷ () πάντα () ταῦτα () καὶ () διεῖλεν () αὐτὰ () μέσα () καὶ () ἔθηκεν () αὐτὰ () ἀντιπρόσωπα ἀλλήλοις, () τὰ () δὲ () ὄρνεα () οὐ () διεῖλεν. ()
[11] Κατέβη () δὲ () ὄρνεα () ἐπὶ () τὰ () σώματα, () τὰ () διχοτομήματα αὐτῶν, () καὶ () συνεκάθισεν () αὐτοῖς () Αβραμ.
[12] Περὶ () δὲ () ἡλίου () δυσμὰς ἔκστασις () ἐπέπεσεν () τῷ () Αβραμ, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () φόβος () σκοτεινὸς () μέγας () ἐπιπίπτει () αὐτῷ. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἐρρέθη () πρὸς () Αβραμ Γινώσκων () γνώσῃ () ὅτι () πάροικον () ἔσται () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου () ἐν () γῇ () οὐκ () ἰδίᾳ, () καὶ () δουλώσουσιν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () κακώσουσιν () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ταπεινώσουσιν () αὐτοὺς () τετρακόσια () ἔτη. ()
[14] Τὸ () δὲ () ἔθνος, () ᾧ () ἐὰν () δουλεύσωσιν, () κρινῶ () ἐγώ· () μετὰ () δὲ () ταῦτα () ἐξελεύσονται () ὧδε () μετὰ () ἀποσκευῆς πολλῆς. ()
[15] Σὺ () δὲ () ἀπελεύσῃ () πρὸς () τοὺς () πατέρας () σου () μετ’ () εἰρήνης, () ταφεὶς () ἐν () γήρει () καλῷ. ()
[16] Τετάρτη () δὲ () γενεὰ () ἀποστραφήσονται () ὧδε· () οὔπω () γὰρ () ἀναπεπλήρωνται () αἱ () ἁμαρτίαι () τῶν () Αμορραίων ἕως () τοῦ () νῦν. ()
[17] Ἐπεὶ () δὲ () ἐγίνετο () ὁ () ἥλιος () πρὸς () δυσμαῖς, φλὸξ () ἐγένετο, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () κλίβανος () καπνιζόμενος καὶ () λαμπάδες () πυρός, () αἳ () διῆλθον () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () διχοτομημάτων τούτων. ()
[18] Ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () διέθετο () κύριος () τῷ () Αβραμ διαθήκην () λέγων () Τῷ () σπέρματί () σου () δώσω () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ () Αἰγύπτου () ἕως () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ () τοῦ () μεγάλου, () ποταμοῦ () Εὐφράτου, ()
[19] τοὺς () Καιναίους καὶ () τοὺς () Κενεζαίους καὶ () τοὺς () Κεδμωναίους
[20] καὶ () τοὺς () Χετταίους καὶ () τοὺς () Φερεζαίους καὶ () τοὺς () Ραφαιν
[21] καὶ () τοὺς () Αμορραίους καὶ () τοὺς () Χαναναίους () καὶ () τοὺς () Ευαίους καὶ () τοὺς () Γεργεσαίους καὶ () τοὺς () Ιεβουσαίους.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.