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

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Abram Promised a Son

(Heb 11:8–10 )

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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;

[fn]Your reward shall be very great.”

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But Abram said, “Lord [fn]GOD, what will You give me, since I [fn]am childless, and the [fn]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:3 - Abram also said, “[fn]Since You have given me no [fn]son, [fn]one who has been born in my house is my heir.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:4 - Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come from your own [fn]body shall be your heir.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - 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 [fn]descendants be.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:6 - Then he believed in the LORD; and He [fn]credited it to him as righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to [fn]possess it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:8 - But he said, “Lord [fn]GOD, how may I know that I will [fn]possess it?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - So He said to him, “[fn]Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - Then he [fn]brought all these to Him and cut them [fn]in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

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Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, [fn]terror and great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your [fn]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, [fn]where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - “But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with [fn]many possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - “As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - “Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

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Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which passed between these pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,

“To your [fn]descendants I have given this land,

From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

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the land of the Kenite, the Kenizzite, the Kadmonite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:20 - the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Rephaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:21 - the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”
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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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Genesis Chapter 15 — Additional Translations:

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