King James Bible, 1611
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THE HOLY BIBLE,
Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Comandement Appointed to be read in Churches
London
Imprinted … by Robert Barker [etc.] 1611
[1495] p.; 357 × 225 mm.
Source copy courtesy of the London Library, the 'He' version. Images courtesy of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Genesis 15,1-21
Chapter XV.
1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for want of an heire. 4 God promiseth him a sonne, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is iustified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised againe, and confirmed by a signe, 12 and a vision.
1 After these things, the word of the LORD came vnto Abram in a vision, saying; Feare not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding [ Psa_16:16.] great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
3 And Abram said; Behold, to mee thou hast given no seed: and loe, one borne in my house is mine heire.
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came vnto him, saying; This shall not be thine heire: but he that shall come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, [ Rom_4:18.] So shall thy seed be.
6 And he [ Rom_4:3; Gal_3:6; Jam_2:23.] beleeued in the LORD; and hee counted it to him for righteousnesse.
7 And he said vnto him; I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Caldees, to give thee this land, to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shal I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee goat of three yeeres old, and a ramme of three yeeres old, and a turtle doue, and a yong pigeon.
[Abrams vision.]
10 And he tooke vnto him all these, and diuided them in the midst, and layd each peece one against another: but the birds diuided he not.
11 And when the fowles came downe vpon the carcases, Abram droue them away.
12 And when the Sunne was going downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon Abram: and loe, an horrour of great darkenesse fell vpon him.
13 And he said vnto Abram, Know of a surety, [ Act_7:6 .] that thy seed shalbe a stranger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal serue them, and they shall afflict them foure hundred yeeres.
14 And also that nation whom they shall serue, wil I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt goe to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the iniquitie of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to passe that when the Sunne went downe, and it was darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a [ Hebrewe. a lampe of fire.] burning lampe that passed betweene those pieces.
18 In that same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; [ Gen_12:7 ; Gen_13:15 ; Gen_26:4 ; Deu_34:4 .] Unto thy seed haue I giuen this land from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites:
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.