Genesis 15 NIV NLT 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, 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.”

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, “O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.

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

3You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will 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."

4Then the LORD said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who 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 Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”

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

6And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.

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."

7Then the LORD told him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”

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

8But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess 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 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.”

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 presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and laid the halves side by side; he did not, however, cut the birds in half.

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

11Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased 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 was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over 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 said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

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

14But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth.

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

15(As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe 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."

16After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”

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

17After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.

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--

18So 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—

19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

19the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."

21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

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