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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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"><title>Genesis 15</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/genesis/">Genesis</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/genesis/15.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/genesis/15.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/genesis/15.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/genesis/15.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/genesis/15.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/genesis/15.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/genesis/15.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Covenant with Abram<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/4.htm">Romans 4:1–12</a>; <a href ="../hebrews/11.htm#8">Hebrews 11:8–19</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: <p class="indent1stline">“Do not be afraid, Abram. <p class="indent2"> I am your shield, <p class="indent2"> your very great reward.” <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.” <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">God Confirms His Promise<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../numbers/34.htm">Numbers 34:1–15</a>; <a href ="../romans/4.htm#13">Romans 4:13–25</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/4.htm#18">Romans 4:18</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/4.htm#3">Romans 4:3</a>, <a href="../romans/4.htm#22">Romans 4:22</a>, <a href="../galatians/3.htm#6">Galatians 3:6</a>, and <a href="../james/2.htm#23">James 2:23</a><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/7.htm#6">Acts 7:6–7</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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