Textorah

After these things the word of HaShem came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'

And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.

And Abram said: 'O L-rd GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'

And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my homeborn female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir].

And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'

And Abram said, [I am grieved] since thou hast given me no seed, but my homeborn [servant] shall succeed me.

And, behold, the word of HaShem came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'

And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.

And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'

And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.

And he believed in HaShem; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

And He said unto him: 'I am HaShem that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.'

And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.

And he said: 'O L-rd GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'

And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'

And he said to him, Take for me a heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.

And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.

So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.

And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.

And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.

and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.

But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.

And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'

And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.

In that day HaShem made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.

the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'

and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.