Thematic Bible
Genesis 15:1 (show verse)
After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield;
your reward will be very great.
I am your shield;
your reward will be very great.
Genesis 15:2 (show verse)
But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Genesis 15:3 (show verse)
Abram continued, “Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in my house will be my heir.”
Genesis 15:4 (show verse)
Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
Genesis 15:5 (show verse)
He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”
Genesis 15:6 (show verse)
Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.
Genesis 15:7 (show verse)
He also said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Genesis 15:8 (show verse)
But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?”
Genesis 15:9 (show verse)
He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Genesis 15:10 (show verse)
So he brought all these to Him, split them down the middle, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut up the birds.
Genesis 15:11 (show verse)
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:12 (show verse)
As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell on Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
Genesis 15:13 (show verse)
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.
Genesis 15:14 (show verse)
However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions.
Genesis 15:15 (show verse)
But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Genesis 15:16 (show verse)
In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
Genesis 15:17 (show verse)
When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.
Genesis 15:18 (show verse)
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River:
Genesis 15:19 (show verse)
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Genesis 15:20 (show verse)
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim,
Genesis 15:21 (show verse)
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”