New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
New Revised Standard NRS
1 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."
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After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, "Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
2 Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
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But Abram said, "O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
3 And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir."
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And Abram said, "You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir."
4 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."
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But the word of the Lord came to him, "This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir."
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 descendants be."
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He brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
6 Then he believed in the LORD ; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
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And he believed the Lord; and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.
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 possess it."
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Then he said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess."
8 He said, "O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?"
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But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"
9 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."
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He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
10 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.
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He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
11 The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
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As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him.
13 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.
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Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years;
14 "But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.
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but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
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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As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
16 "Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."
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And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
17 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.
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When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 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:
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On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
19 the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite
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the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim
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the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite."
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the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."