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Abram Promised a Son
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,
“Do not fear, Abram,
I am a shield to you;
Your reward shall be very great.”
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,
“Do not fear, Abram,
I am a shield to you;
Your reward shall be very great.”
The LORD’s Covenant Promise to Abram
Some 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.”
Some 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.”
Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
But 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.
And Abram said, “Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir.”
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.”
Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”
Then 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.”
And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Then 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!”
Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.
And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.”
Then 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.”
He said, “O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?”
But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
The 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.”
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
So 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.
The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.
Then 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.
“But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth.
“As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
(As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.)
“Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.
After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,