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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 count the stars, if thou be able to count 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 am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he said: ‘O 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 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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <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 that is 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>But 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>And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.’ <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 there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In that 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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.’</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<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="//biblescan.com/mpad/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"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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