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Genesis 15 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Abram Promised a Son

(Heb 11:8–10 )
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 -

After H310 these H428 things H1697 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Abram H87 in a vision H4236, saying H559,

“Do not fear H3372, Abram H87,

I am a shield H4043 to you;

[fn]Your reward H7939 shall be H7235 very H3966 great H7235.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:2 -

But Abram H87 said H559, “Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068, what H4100 will You give H5414 me, since I [fn]am H1980 childless H6185, and the [fn]heir H1121 H4943 of my house H1004 is Eliezer H461 of Damascus H1834?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - Abram H87 also said H559, “[fn]Since H2005 You have given H5414 me no H3808 [fn]son H2233, [fn]one H1121 who has been born H1121 in my house H1004 is H3423 my heir H3423.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:4 - Then behold H2009, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came to him, saying H559, “This H2088 man will not be H3423 your heir H3423; but one who H834 will come H3318 from H3318 your own [fn]body H4578 shall be H3423 your heir H3423.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And He took H3318 him outside H2351 and said H559, “Now H4994 look H5027 toward the heavens H8064 and count H5608 the stars H3556, if H518 you are H3201 able H3201 to count H5608 them.” And He said H559 to him, “So H3541 shall your [fn]descendants H2233 be.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:6 - Then he believed H539 in the LORD H3068; and He [fn]credited H2803 it to him as righteousness H6666.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And He said H559 to him, “I am the LORD H3068 who H834 brought H3318 you out H3318 of Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778, to give H5414 you this H2088 land H776 to [fn]possess H3423 it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:8 - But he said H559, “Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068, how H4100 may I know H3045 that I will [fn]possess H3423 it?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - So He said H559 to him, “[fn]Bring H3947 Me a three-year-old H8027 heifer H5697, a three-year-old H8027 female H5795 goat H5795, a three-year-old H8027 ram H352, a turtledove H8449, and a young H1469 pigeon H1469.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - Then he [fn]brought H3947 all H3605 these H428 to Him and cut H1334 them [fn]in two H8432, and laid H5414 each H376 half H1335 opposite H7122 the other H7453; but he did not cut H1334 the birds H6833.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And birds H5861 of H5861 prey H5861 came H3381 down H3381 upon the carcasses H6297, and Abram H87 drove H5380 them away H5380.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 -

Now when the sun H8121 was going H935 down, a deep H8639 sleep H8639 fell H5307 upon Abram H87; and behold H2009, [fn]terror H367 and great H1419 darkness H2825 fell H5307 upon him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then God said H559 to Abram H87, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that your [fn]descendants H2233 will be strangers H1616 in a land H776 that is not theirs H1992, [fn]where they will be enslaved H5647 and oppressed H6031 for four H702 hundred H3967 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - “But I will also H1571 judge H1777 the nation H1471 whom H834 they will serve H5647, and afterward H310 H3651 they will come H3318 out H3318 with [fn]many H1419 possessions H7399.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - “As for you, you shall go H935 to your fathers H1 in peace H7965; you will be buried H6912 at a good H2896 old H7872 age H7872.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - “Then in the fourth H7243 generation H1755 they will return H7725 here H2008, for the wrongdoing H5771 of the Amorite H567 is not yet H5704 H2008 complete H8003.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961, when the sun H8121 had set H935, that it was very H5939 dark H5939, and behold H2009, a smoking H6227 oven H8574 and a flaming H784 torch H3940 appeared which H834 passed H5674 between H996 these H428 pieces H1506.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 made H3772 a covenant H1285 with Abram H87, saying H559,

“To your [fn]descendants H2233 I have given H5414 this H2088 land H776,

From the river H5104 of Egypt H4714 as far H5704 as the great H1419 river H5104, the river H5104 Euphrates H6578:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:19 -

the land of the Kenite H7017, the Kenizzite H7074, the Kadmonite H6935,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:20 - the Hittite H2850, the Perizzite H6522, the Rephaim H7497,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:21 - the Amorite H567, the Canaanite H3669, the Girgashite H1622, and the Jebusite H2983.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Or Your very great reward
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Lit go
Lit son of acquisition
Lit Behold
Lit seed
Lit then behold, a son of my
Lit inward parts
Lit seed
Or imputed
Or inherit
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Or inherit
Lit Take
Lit took
Lit in the midst
Or a terror of great darkness
Lit seed
Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
Lit great
Lit seed
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