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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 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; 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<t><p class="indent1">Your reward [for obedience] shall be very great.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Abram said, “Lord <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>GOD, what <i>reward</i> will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner <i>and</i> heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Abram continued, “Since You have given no child to me, one (a servant) born in my house is my heir.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the LORD brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, “Look now toward the heavens and count the stars--if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “So [numerous] shall your descendants be.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Abram believed in (affirmed, trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the LORD; and He counted (credited) it to him <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>as righteousness (doing right in regard to God and man). <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And He said to him, “I am the [same] LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Abram said, “Lord <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>GOD, by what [proof] will I know that I will inherit it?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So God said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Abram brought all these to Him and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>cut them down the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram; and a horror (terror, shuddering fear, nightmare) of great darkness overcame him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><i>God</i> said to Abram, “Know for sure that your descendants will be strangers [living temporarily] in a land (Egypt) that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But on that nation whom your descendants will serve I will bring judgment, and afterward they will come out [of that land] with great possessions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness <i>and</i> guilt of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>Amorites is not yet complete (finished).” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When the sun had gone down and a [deep] darkness had come, <i>there appeared</i> a smoking <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>brazier and a flaming torch which passed between the [divided] pieces [of the animals]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>On the same day the LORD made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, <p class="indent1stline">“To your descendants I have given this land, <t><p class="indent1">From the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates-- <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>[the land of] 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 Rephaim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Heb <i>YHWH</i>, usually rendered LORD.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> This was crucial to God’s plan of salvation, as can be seen in Rom 4. There was simply no way that anyone except Christ could ever be sufficiently righteous to meet God’s standards and avoid condemnation. Having faith in God and placing one’s trust in Him was not in itself something that could be a substitute for perfect righteousness, but God graciously determined to accept faith as an equivalent for that righteousness nonetheless. So in a sense, Abraham--and all believers since him, who are his spiritual descendants--received righteousness on credit, and the bill for that righteousness was paid by the death of Christ on the cross.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Heb <i>YHWH</i>, usually rendered LORD.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> This was preparation for an ancient ceremony that formally bound two parties to an agreement or covenant (v 18). Reference is made to the ceremony in Jer 34:18, but details are not given elsewhere in Scripture.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> This prophecy was fulfilled when Moses led the Israelites back to Canaan after their four hundred years in Egypt. He was “in the fourth generation” from Jacob--Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> The most important and powerful group of that region. The name “Amorite” later became virtually synonymous with that of the inhabitants of Canaan. They were known for their many superstitious practices (according to the Talmud).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> I.e. a large bowl or pan holding burning coals.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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 align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>