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After these
things the
word of the
LORD came unto
Abram in a
vision, saying,
Fear not,
Abram: I am thy
shield, and thy
exceeding great reward.
~'r.b;a -l,a h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h r;x;a ? !eg'm yik{n'a ~'r.b;a a'ryiT -l;a r{mael h,z]x;M;B ? d{a.m heB.r;h '$.r'k.f .$'l
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And
Abram said,
Lord GOD, what wilt thou
give me, seeing I
go childless, and the
steward of my
house is
this Eliezer of
Damascus?
yil -n,TiT -h;m hiwh/y y'n{d]a ~'r.b;a r,ma{Y;w ? yityeB q,v,m -n,b.W yiryir][ .$elw{h yik{n'a.w ? r,z,[yil/a q,f,M;D a.Wh
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And
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast
given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my
house is mine
heir.
heNih.w [;r'z h'T;t'n a{l yil !eh ~'r.b;a r,ma{Y;w ? yit{a verw{y yityeB -n,b
4
And, behold, the
word of the
LORD came unto him,
saying, This shall not be thine
heir; but he that shall come
forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine
heir.
'$.v'ryIy a{l r{mael wy'lea h'wh.y -r;b.d heNih.w ? '$,v'ryIy a.Wh '$y,[eMim aecey r,v]a ~ia -yiK h,z
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And he brought him
forth abroad, and
said,
Look now toward
heaven, and
tell the
stars, if thou be
able to
number them: and he
said unto him,
So shall thy
seed be.
h'm.y;m'V;h a'n -j,B;h r,ma{Y;w h'c.Wx;h w{t{a aecw{Y;w ? ~'t{a r{P.sil l;k.WT -mia ~yib'kw{K;h r{p.s.W ? '$,[.r;z h,y.hIy h{K w{l r,ma{Y;w
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And he
believed in the
LORD; and he
counted it to him for
righteousness.
h'q'd.c w{L 'h,b.v.x;Y;w h'why;B !im/a,h.w
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And he
said unto him, I am the
LORD that brought thee
out of
Ur of the
Chaldees, to
give thee this
land to
inherit it.
'$yitaecw{h r,v]a h'wh.y yin]a wy'lea r,ma{Y;w ? ta{Z;h #,r'a'h -t,a '$.l t,t'l ~yiD.f;K r.Waem ? H'T.vir.l
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And he
said,
Lord GOD, whereby shall I
know that I shall inherit
it?
h'N,v'ryia yiK [;dea h'M;B hiwh/y y'n{d]a r;ma{Y;w
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And he
said unto him,
Take me an
heifer of three years
old, and a she
goat of three years
old, and a
ram of three years
old, and a
turtledove, and a young
pigeon.
ze[.w t,v,LUv.m h'l.g,[ yil h'x.q wy'lea r,ma{Y;w ? l'zw{g.w r{t.w v'LUv.m lIy;a.w t,v,LUv.m
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And he
took unto him all these, and
divided them in the
midst, and
laid each piece one
against another: but the
birds divided he not.
~'t{a reT;b.y;w h,Lea -l'K -t,a w{l -x;QiY;w ? .Whe[er ta;r.qil w{r.tiB -vyia !eTiY;w .$,w'T;B ? r't'b a{l ]r{Pic;h -t,a.w
11
And when the
fowls came
down upon the
carcases, Abram drove them
away.
~'r.b;a ~'t{a beV;Y;w ~yir'g.P;h -l;[ jIy;['h d,reY;w
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And when the
sun was going
down, a deep
sleep fell upon
Abram; and, lo, an
horror of
great darkness fell upon him.
~'r.b;a -l;[ h'l.p'n h'meD.r;t.w aw{b'l v,m,V;h yih.y;w ? wy'l'[ t,l,p{n h'l{d.g h'kev]x h'myea heNih.w
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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;
h,y.hIy reg -yiK [;deT ;[{d'y ~'r.b;a.l r,ma{Y;w ? ~'t{a .WNi[.w ~.Wd'b][;w ~,h'l a{l #,r,a.B '$][.r;z ? h'n'v tw{aem [;B.r;a
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And also that
nation, whom they shall
serve, will I
judge: and
afterward shall they come
out with
great substance.
yik{n'a !'D .Wd{b][;y r,v]a yw{G;h -t,a ~;g.w ? lw{d'G vUk.riB .Wa.cey !ek -yer]x;a.w
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And thou shalt
go to thy
fathers in
peace; thou shalt be
buried in a
good old
age.
reb'QiT ~w{l'v.B '$y,t{b]a -l,a aw{b'T h'T;a.w ? h'bw{j h'byef.B
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But in the
fourth generation they shall come
hither again: for the
iniquity of the
Amorites is not
yet full.
~el'v -a{l yiK h'Neh .Wb.Wv'y yi[yib.r rw{d.w ? h'Neh -d;[ yir{m/a'h !{w][
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And it came to pass, that, when the
sun went
down, and it was
dark, behold a
smoking furnace, and a
burning lamp that
passed between those
pieces.
r.WN;t heNih.w h'y'h h'j'l][;w h'a'B v,m,V;h yih.y;w ? ~yir'z.G;h !yeB r;b'[ r,v]a vea dyiP;l.w !'v'[ ? h,Lea'h
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In the
same day the
LORD 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:
tyir.B ~'r.b;a -t,a h'wh.y t;r'K a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B ? r;h.Nim ta{Z;h #,r'a'h -t,a yiT;t'n '$][.r;z.l r{mael ? t'r.P -r;h.n l{d'G;h r'h'N;h -d;[ ~Iy;r.cim
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The
Kenites, and the
Kenizzites, and the
Kadmonites,
yin{m.d;Q;h tea.w yiZin.Q;h -t,a.w yinyeQ;h -t,a
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And the
Hittites, and the
Perizzites, and the
Rephaims,
~yia'p.r'h -t,a.w yiZir.P;h -t,a.w yiTix;h -t,a.w
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And the
Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the
Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
yiv'G.riG;h -t,a.w yin][;n.K;h -t,a.w yir{m/a'h -t,a.w ? yis.Wb.y;h -t,a.w