24APART FROM ME ONLY [THAT] WHICH THEY HAVE EATEN THE YOUNG MEN AND [THE] SHARE OF THE MEN WHO <THEY> WENT WITH ME ANER ESHCOL AND MAMRE THEY LET THEM TAKE SHARE THEIR 24I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me— Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
1AFTER THE THINGS <THE> THESE IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ABRAM IN THE VISION <TO> SAYING MAY NOT YOU FEAR O ABRAM I [AM] A SHIELD OF YOU REWARD YOUR [WILL BE] GREAT VERY God’s Covenant with Abram (Romans 4:1–12; Hebrews 11:8–19) 1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
2AND HE SAID ABRAM O LORD YAHWEH WHAT? WILL YOU GIVE TO <THE> ME AND I [AM] GOING CHILDLESS AND [THE] SON OF [THE] ACQUISITION OF HOUSEHOLD MY HE [IS] DAMASCUS ELIEZER 2But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3AND HE SAID ABRAM HERE! TO <THE> ME NOT YOU HAVE GIVEN OFFSPRING AND THERE! [THE] SON OF HOUSEHOLD MY [IS] INHERITING <OBJ.> ME 3Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir
4AND THERE! [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH [WAS] TO HIM <TO> SAYING NOT HE WILL INHERIT YOU THIS [ONE] THAT EXCEPT [ONE] WHO HE WILL COME OUT FROM INWARD PARTS YOUR HE HE WILL INHERIT YOU 4Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
5AND HE BROUGHT OUT <OBJ.> HIM THE OUTSIDE TOWARDS AND HE SAID LOOK PLEASE THE HEAVENS TOWARDS AND COUNT THE STARS IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COUNT <OBJ.> THEM AND HE SAID TO <THE> HIM THUS IT WILL BE OFFSPRING YOUR 5And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”*NoteCloseCited in Romans 4:18
6AND HE BELIEVED IN YAHWEH AND HE CREDITED IT TO <THE> HIM RIGHTEOUSNESS 6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.*NoteCloseCited in Romans 4:3, Romans 4:22, Galatians 3:6, and James 2:23
7AND HE SAID TO HIM I [AM] YAHWEH WHO I BROUGHT OUT YOU FROM UR OF [THE] CHALDEANS TO GIVE TO <THE> YOU <OBJ.> THE LAND <THE> THIS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT 7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8AND HE SAID O LORD YAHWEH <IN> HOW? WILL I KNOW THAT I WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF IT God Confirms His Promise (Numbers 34:1–15; Romans 4:13–25) 8But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
9AND HE SAID TO HIM BRING! TO <THE> ME A HEIFER THREE YEARS OLD AND A GOAT THREE YEARS OLD AND A RAM THREE YEARS OLD AND A TURTLE-DOVE AND A YOUNG PIGEON 9And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
10AND HE BROUGHT TO <THE> HIM <OBJ.> ALL THESE AND HE CUT IN PIECES <OBJ.> THEM IN THE MIDDLE AND HE SET EACH PIECE ITS TO MEET NEIGHBOR ITS AND <OBJ.> THE BIRD[S] NOT HE CUT IN TWO 10So Abram brought all these to Him split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
11AND IT CAME DOWN THE BIRD[S] OF PREY ON THE CARCASSES AND HE DROVE AWAY <OBJ.> THEM ABRAM 11And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12AND IT WAS THE SUN [ABOUT] TO GO AND A DEEP SLEEP IT FELL ON ABRAM AND THERE! DREAD DARKNESS GREAT [WAS] FALLING ON HIM 12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
13AND HE SAID TO ABRAM CERTAINLY <TO KNOW> YOU WILL KNOW THAT A SOJOURNER IT WILL BE OFFSPRING YOUR IN A LAND [WHICH] NOT [BELONGS] TO <THE> THEM AND THEY WILL SERVE THEM AND THEY WILL AFFLICT <OBJ.> THEM FOUR HUNDRED<S> YEAR[S] 13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
14AND ALSO <OBJ.> THE NATION WHICH THEY WILL SERVE [WILL BE] JUDGING I AND AFTER THUS THEY WILL COME OUT WITH POSSESSION[S] GREAT 14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.*NoteCloseCited in Acts 7:6–7
15AND YOU YOU WILL GO TO ANCESTORS YOUR IN PEACE YOU WILL BE BURIED IN OLD AGE GOOD 15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
16AND [THE] GENERATION FOURTH THEY WILL RETURN HITHER FOR NOT [IS] COMPLETE [THE] INIQUITY OF THE AMORITE[S] UNTIL NOW 16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17AND IT WAS THE SUN IT HAD GONE AND DARKNESS IT WAS AND THERE! A FIRE POT OF SMOKE AND A TORCH OF FIRE WHICH IT PASSED BETWEEN THE PIECES <THE> THESE 17When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
18ON THE DAY <THE> THAT HE MADE YAHWEH WITH ABRAM A COVENANT <TO> SAYING TO OFFSPRING YOUR I GIVE <OBJ.> THE LAND <THE> THIS FROM [THE] RIVER OF EGYPT TO THE RIVER <THE> GREAT [THE] RIVER OF EUPHRATES 18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land— from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates
19<OBJ.> THE KENITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE KENIZZITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE KADMONITE[S] 19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20AND <OBJ.> THE HITTITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE PERIZZITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE REPHAITES 20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21AND <OBJ.> THE AMORITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE CANAANITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE GIRGASHITE[S] AND <OBJ.> THE JEBUSITE[S] 21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”