The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Gen 15:1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Gen 15:2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this E-li-e´-zer of Damascus?

Gen 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Gen 15:4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Gen 15:5 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.

Gen 15:6 And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

Gen 15:7 And He said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chal´-dees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Gen 15:8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Gen 15:9 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.

Gen 15:10 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.

Gen 15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Gen 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Gen 15:13 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;

Gen 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Gen 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Gen 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Am´-or-ites is not yet full.

Gen 15:17 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.

Gen 15:18 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 Eu-phra´-tes:

Gen 15:19 The Ken´-ites, and the Ken´-izzites, and the Kad´-mon-ites,

Gen 15:20 And the Hit´-tites, and the Per´iz-zites, and the Reph´-a-ims,

Gen 15:21 And the Am´-or-ites, and the Ca´-naan-ites, and the Gir´-ga-shites, and the Jeb´-u-sites.