Genesis 15
About Genesis Genesis tells of creation, the first sin, the flood, and God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
1After 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.SelectedGenesis 15:1Ask
2And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?SelectedGenesis 15:2Ask
3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.SelectedGenesis 15:3Ask
4And, 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.SelectedGenesis 15:4Ask
5And 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.SelectedGenesis 15:5Ask
6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.SelectedGenesis 15:6Ask
7And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.SelectedGenesis 15:7Ask
8And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?SelectedGenesis 15:8Ask
9And 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.SelectedGenesis 15:9Ask
10And 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.SelectedGenesis 15:10Ask
11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.SelectedGenesis 15:11Ask
12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.SelectedGenesis 15:12Ask
13And 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;SelectedGenesis 15:13Ask
14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.SelectedGenesis 15:14Ask
15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.SelectedGenesis 15:15Ask
16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.SelectedGenesis 15:16Ask
17And 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.SelectedGenesis 15:17Ask
18In 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 Euphrates:SelectedGenesis 15:18Ask
19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,SelectedGenesis 15:19Ask
20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,SelectedGenesis 15:20Ask
21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.SelectedGenesis 15:21Ask
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