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After these words1, the word of Jehovah was to▵ Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I▵ am a shield for thee, thy reward is multiplied exceedingly.
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And Abram said, Lord Jehovih2, what wilt Thou give to me, and I▵ am walking childless, and the son, the steward of my house, he◦ is Eliezer the Damascene?
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And Abram said, Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and behold, a son of my house is the heir◦ with◦ me.
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And behold, the word of Jehovah was to▵ him, saying, This··one shall not be thine heir◦; for he◦ that shall go··out from thy bowels shall be thine heir◦.
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And He brought· him ·forth outside, and said, Look now◦ toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be··able to number them; and He said to him, Thus shall thy seed be.
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And he believed in Jehovah, and He reckoned3 it to him for justice.
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And He said to▵ him, I◦ am Jehovah who brought· thee ·out from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give to thee this land, to possess her.
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And he said, Lord Jehovih, by what shall I know that I shall possess her?
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And He said to▵ him, Take for me a heifer of··three years, and a she-goat of··three years, and a ram of··three years, and a turtledove, and a young▵ pigeon.
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And he took to him all these and parted◦ them in the midst, and put◦ each◦ part◦ to meet its companion; and the birds he did not part◦.
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And the swooping fowls came··down upon the corpses, and Abram caused them to fly4 away.
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And it was, that the sun set▵5 and a deep··sleep fell on Abram; and behold a terror of great darkness falling on him.
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And He said to Abram, Knowing thou shalt know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.
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And also upon the nation whom they shall serve will I▵ make··judgment◦; and after··that◦ shall they go··out with great acquisition.
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And thou◦ shalt come to▵ thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age6.
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And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not consummated7 even··until now◦.
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And it was, that the sun set▵, and there was deep··darkness; and behold, a smoking oven, and a torch of fire that passed between those pieces that··were··severed.
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In that◦ day Jehovah cut a covenant with◦ Abram, saying, To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt to◦ the great river, the river Euphrates;
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the Kenite, and the Kenezzite, and the Kadmonite;
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and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim;
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and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
1“By ‘words,’ in the Hebrew language, are signified actual things; here the things accomplished ... treated of in the last chapter” (AC 1785). See also the note at Genesis 40:1.
2The name “Lord Jehovih” is used especially when temptations are the subject (see AC 1793, 2921:3).
3or “imputed” (see AC 1813)
4literally, “blow”
5literally, “came in”; also in verse 17
6literally, “gray··hairs”
7literally, “whole”
