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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Genesis 15 KJV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/kjv/genesis/15.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/combine/genesis/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">KJV</a> > Genesis 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/14.htm" title="Genesis 14">◄</a> Genesis 15 <a href="../genesis/16.htm" title="Genesis 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">King James Bible</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">God's Covenant with Abram<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../romans/4.htm">Romans 4:1-12</a>; <a href="../galatians/3.htm">Galatians 3:1-9</a>; <a href="../hebrews/11.htm#8">Hebrews 11:8-19</a>; <a href="../james/2.htm#14">James 2:14-26</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I <i>am</i> thy shield, <i>and</i> thy exceeding great reward.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house <i>is</i> this Eliezer of Damascus? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And, behold, the word of the LORD <i>came</i> unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he said unto him, I <i>am</i> the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.</p> <a name="8" id="8"></a><p class="hdg">God Confirms His Promise<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/34.htm">Numbers 34:1-15</a>; <a href="../romans/4.htm#13">Romans 4:13-25</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land <i>that is</i> not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites <i>is</i> not yet full.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/genesis/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>