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1 Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding 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 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.
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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 added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant born in my house, shall be 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 And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying:He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy 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 brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed 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 Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
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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 thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest 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 But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?
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But he said, "O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"
9 And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years. and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a 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 And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other: but the birds he divided not.
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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 And the fowls 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 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized 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 And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them 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 judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.
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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 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in 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 But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.
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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 And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace, and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.
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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 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great 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 Cineans, and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,
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the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,
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the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
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the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
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