उत्पत्ति 15

1Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

2And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.

3And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

4And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir.

5And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.

6Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

7And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.

8But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

9And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.

10And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.

11And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

13And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.

14But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age.

16But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.

17And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

18That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

19The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

20And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

21And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.

1His itaque transactis, factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens: Noli timere, Abram: ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.

2Dixitque Abram: Domine Deus, quid dabis mihi? ego vadam absque liberis, et filius procuratoris domus meæ iste Damascus Eliezer.

3Addiditque Abram: Mihi autem non dedisti semen, et ecce vernaculus meus, hæres meus erit.

4Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum, dicens: Non erit hic hæres tuus, sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis hæredem.

5Eduxitque eum foras, et ait illi: Suspice cælum, et numera stellas, si potes. Et dixit ei: Sic erit semen tuum.

6Credidit Abram Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam.

7Dixitque ad eum: Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldæorum ut darem tibi terram istam, et possideres eam.

8At ille ait: Domine Deus, unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam?

9Et respondens Dominus: Sume, inquit, mihi vaccam triennem, et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium, turturem quoque et columbam.

10Qui tollens universa hæc, divisit ea per medium, et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit; aves autem non divisit.

11Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera, et abigebat eas Abram.

12Cumque sol occumberet, sopor irruit super Abram, et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum.

13Dictumque est ad eum: Scito prænoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua, et subjicient eos servituti, et affligent quadringentis annis.

14Verumtamen gentem, cui servituri sunt, ego judicabo: et post hæc egredientur cum magna substantia.

15Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace, sepultus in senectute bona.

16Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc: necdum enim completæ sunt iniquitates Amorrhæorum usque ad præsens tempus.

17Cum ergo occubuisset sol, facta est caligo tenebrosa, et apparuit clibanus fumans, et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.

18In illo die pepigit Dominus fœdus cum Abram, dicens: Semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Ægypti usque ad fluvium magnum Euphraten,

19Cinæos, et Cenezæos, Cedmonæos,

20et Hethæos, et Pherezæos, Raphaim quoque,

21et Amorrhæos, et Chananæos, et Gergesæos, et Jebusæos.

1And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”

2And Abram said: “Lord God, what will you give to me? I may go without children. And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”

3And Abram added: “Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir.”

4And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: “This one will not be your heir. But he who will come from your loins, the same will you have for your heir.”

5And he brought him outside, and he said to him, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.”

6Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

7And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”

8But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”

9And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”

10Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.

11And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.

13And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.

14Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve, and after this they will depart with great substance.

15But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.

16But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”

17Then, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

18On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

19the land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites

20and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, likewise the Rephaim,

21and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”