Genesis 15 NIV ISV Parallel

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1After 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."

1Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield. Your reward will be very great."

2But Abram said, "Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

2But Abram replied, "Lord GOD, what can you give me since I continue to be childless, and the heir of my household is Eliezer from Damascus?

3And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir."

3Look!" Abram said, "You haven't given me any offspring, so a servant born in my house is going to be my heir."

4Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir."

4A message came from the LORD to him again: "This one will not be your heir. Instead, the child who will be born to you will be your heir."

5He took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

5Then the LORD took him outside. "Look up at the sky and count the stars—if you can!" he said. "Your descendants will be that numerous."

6Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

7He 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."

7The LORD spoke to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance."

8But Abram said, "Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"

8But he replied, "Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

9So 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."

9The LORD responded, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

10Abram 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.

10So Abram brought him all these animals and cut each of them in half, down the middle, placing the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

11Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

11When birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.

12As the sun began to set, Abram was overcome with deep sleep, and suddenly a frightening and terrifying darkness descended on him.

13Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.

13Then the LORD told Abram, "You can be certain about this: Your descendants will be foreigners in a land that isn't theirs. They will be slaves there and will be oppressed for 400 years.

14But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

14However, I will judge the nation that they serve, and later they will leave there with many possessions.

15You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

15Now as for you, you'll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age.

16In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

16Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."

17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.

17When the sun had fully set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a fiery torch passed between the animal pieces.

18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates--

18That very day the LORD made this covenant with Abram: "I'm giving this land to your descendants, from the river of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—

19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

19including the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."

21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

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