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1. After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."
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1. After H310 these H428 things H1697 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 Abram H87 in a vision H4236 , saying H559 , Fear H3372 not H408 , Abram H87 : I H595 am thy shield H4043 , and thy exceeding H3966 great H7235 reward H7939 .
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2. But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?"
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2. And Abram H87 said H559 , Lord H136 GOD H3069 , what H4100 wilt thou give H5414 me , seeing I H595 go H1980 childless H6185 , and the steward H1121 H4943 of my house H1004 is this H1931 Eliezer H461 of Damascus H1834 ?
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3. Abram added, "Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!"
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3. And Abram H87 said H559 , Behold H2005 , to me thou hast given H5414 no H3808 seed H2233 : and, lo H2009 , one born H1121 in my house H1004 is mine heir H3423 .
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4. But look, the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir."
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4. And, behold H2009 , the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came unto H413 him, saying H559 , This H2088 shall not H3808 be thine heir H3423 ; but H3588 H518 he that H834 shall come forth H3318 out of thine own bowels H4480 H4578 shall be thine heir H3423 .
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5. The LORD took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars� if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."
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5. And he brought him forth H3318 H853 abroad H2351 , and said H559 , Look H5027 now H4994 toward heaven H8064 , and tell H5608 the stars H3556 , if H518 thou be able H3201 to number H5608 them : and he said H559 unto him, So H3541 shall thy seed H2233 be H1961 .
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6. Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.
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6. And he believed H539 in the LORD H3068 ; and he counted H2803 it to him for righteousness H6666 .
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7. The LORD said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."
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7. And he said H559 unto H413 him, I H589 am the LORD H3068 that H834 brought H3318 thee out of Ur H4480 H218 of the Chaldees H3778 , to give H5414 thee H853 this H2063 land H776 to inherit H3423 it.
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8. But Abram said, "O sovereign LORD, by what can I know that I am to possess it?"
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8. And he said H559 , Lord H136 GOD H3069 , whereby H4100 shall I know H3045 that H3588 I shall inherit H3423 it?
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9. The LORD said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
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9. And he said H559 unto H413 him, Take H3947 me an heifer H5697 of three years old H8027 , and a she goat H5795 of three years old H8027 , and a ram H352 of three years old H8027 , and a turtledove H8449 , and a young pigeon H1469 .
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10. So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.
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10. And he took H3947 unto him H853 all H3605 these H428 , and divided H1334 them in the midst H8432 , and laid H5414 each H376 piece H1335 one against H7125 another H7453 : but the birds H6833 divided H1334 he not H3808 .
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11. When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
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11. And when the fowls H5861 came down H3381 upon H5921 the carcasses H6297 , Abram H87 drove them away H5380 H853 .
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12. When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.
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12. And when the sun H8121 was going down H935 , a deep sleep H8639 fell H5307 upon H5921 Abram H87 ; and, lo H2009 , a horror H367 of great H1419 darkness H2825 fell H5307 upon H5921 him.
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13. Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
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13. And he said H559 unto Abram H87 , Know of a surety H3045 H3045 that H3588 thy seed H2233 shall be H1961 a stranger H1616 in a land H776 that is not H3808 theirs , and shall serve H5647 them ; and they shall afflict H6031 them four H702 hundred H3967 years H8141 ;
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14. But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.
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14. And also H1571 H853 that nation H1471 , whom H834 they shall serve H5647 , will I H595 judge H1777 : and afterward H310 H3651 shall they come out H3318 with great H1419 substance H7399 .
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15. But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
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15. And thou H859 shalt go H935 to H413 thy fathers H1 in peace H7965 ; thou shalt be buried H6912 in a good H2896 old age H7872 .
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16. In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."
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16. But in the fourth H7243 generation H1755 they shall come hither again H7725 H2008 : for H3588 the iniquity H5771 of the Amorites H567 is not H3808 yet H5704 H2008 full H8003 .
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17. When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
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17. And it came to pass H1961 , that , when the sun H8121 went down H935 , and it was H1961 dark H5939 , behold H2009 a smoking H6227 furnace H8574 , and a burning H784 lamp H3940 that H834 passed H5674 between H996 those H428 pieces H1506 .
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18. That day the LORD made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River�
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18. In the same H1931 day H3117 the LORD H3068 made H3772 a covenant H1285 with H854 Abram H87 , saying H559 , Unto thy seed H2233 have I given H5414 this H2063 H853 land H776 , from the river H4480 H5104 of Egypt H4714 unto H5704 the great H1419 river H5104 , the river H5104 Euphrates H6578 :
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19. the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
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19. H853 The Kenites H7017 , and the Kenizzites H7074 , and the Kadmonites H6935 ,
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20. Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
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20. And the Hittites H2850 , and the Perizzites H6522 , and the Rephaims H7497 ,
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21. Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites."
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21. And the Amorites H567 , and the Canaanites H3669 , and the Girgashites H1622 , and the Jebusites H2983 .
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