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1 After these words, the word of Jehovah was to Abram in a vision, saying, Thou shalt not fear, Abram: I a shield to thee, thy reward great exceedingly. 2 And Abram will say, My Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give to me, and I going childless, and the son of Masek in my house, he Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram will say, Behold, to me thou gavest no seed, and behold the son of my house shall inherit me. 4 And behold, the word of Jehovah was to him, saying, This shall not inherit thee, for truly he who shall come forth from thy bowels shall inherit thee. 5 And he will bring him forth without, and will say, Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to count them: and he will say to him, So shall be thy seed. 6 And he believed in Jehovah; and it shall be reckoned to him justice. 7 And he will say to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee from Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he will say, My Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he will say to him, Take to me a heifer of three, and a goat of three, and a ram of three, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he will take to him all these, and he will divide them, asunder in the midst, and will put each of its parts divided, opposite its companion: and the birds he divided not. Genesis 15:1-10, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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