15:1 After these things the Devar Hashem came unto Avram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Avram; I am thy mogen, and thy exceeding great sachar (reward).
15:2 And Avram said, Adonoi Hashem, what wilt Thou give me, since I go childless, and the Ben Meshek of my Bais is this Eliezer of Dameshek (Damascus)?
15:3 And Avram said, See, to me Thou hast given no zera; and, hinei, one born in my bais is my yoresh (heir).
15:4 And, hinei, the Devar Hashem came unto him saying, This shall not be thy yoresh; but he that shall come forth out of thine own body shall be thy yoresh.
15:5 And He brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward Shomayim, and count the kokhavim, if thou be able to number them; and He said unto him, So shall thy zera be.
15:6 And he believed in Hashem; and He credited [emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness).
15:7 And He said unto him, I am Hashem Who brought thee out of Ur Kasdim, to give thee ha’aretz hazot to be the yoresh of it.
15:8 And he said, Adonoi Hashem, how can I have da’as that I will be its yoresh?
15:9 And He said unto him, Bring Me a heifer meshuleshet, and a she goat meshuleshet, and a ram meshulash, and a dove, and a pigeon.
15:10 And he brought unto Him all these, and divided them in two, and laid each half one opposite another; but the birds divided he not.
15:11 And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Avram drove them away.
15:12 And when the shemesh was going down, a tardemah fell upon Avram; and, hinei, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
15:13 And Hashem said unto Avram, Know of a surety that thy zera shall be a ger in a land not their own, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them arba me’ot shanah;
15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with rechush gadol (great substance).
15:15 And thou shalt go to thy avot in shalom; thou shalt be buried at a good old age.
15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come back here again; for the avon (iniquity) of the Emori (Amorite) is not yet full.
15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the shemesh went down, and it was dark, hinei a smoking fire-pot, and a blazing torch passed between those pieces.
15:18 On that day Hashem cut a brit (covenant) with Avram, saying, Unto thy zera have I given ha’aretz hazot, from the Wadi of Mitzrayim unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
15:19 [the land of] the Keni, and the Kenizzi, and the Kadmoni,
15:20 And the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Repha’im,
15:21 And the Emori, and the Kena’ani, and the Girgashi, and the Yevusi.
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