Thematic Bible

Genesis 15:1

After 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.

Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed; and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.

Genesis 15:4

And then the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thy heir.

Genesis 15:5

And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if thou art able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Genesis 15:6

And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Genesis 15:7

And 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.

Genesis 15:8

And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Genesis 15:9

And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old and a she goat three years old and a ram three years old and a turtledove and a young pigeon.

Genesis 15:10

And he took unto him all these and divided them in the midst and laid each piece one against another, but he did not divide the birds.

Genesis 15:11

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Genesis 15:12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Genesis 15:13

Then 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;

Genesis 15:14

and also that nation, whom they shall serve, I will judge; and afterward shall they come out with great riches.

Genesis 15:15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:16

But in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 15:17

And 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.

Genesis 15:18

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed shall I give this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 15:19

the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite

Genesis 15:20

and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim

Genesis 15:21

and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.