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Genesis 15:5-12
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Genesis 15:5-12
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5 (A) Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have.” 6 (B) Abram believed the Lord, so the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.
The Lord Makes Another Promise to Abram
7 The Lord said to Abram, “I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land.”
8 Abram asked, “Lord God, how can I know the land will be mine?”
9 Then the Lord told him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon.”
10 Abram obeyed the Lord. Then he cut[a] the animals in half and laid the two halves of each animal opposite each other on the ground. But he did not cut the doves and pigeons in half. 11 And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.
12 (C) As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and everything became dark and frightening.
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- 15.10 cut: In Hebrew “cut” sounds something like “agreement.” What follows shows that the Lord is making an agreement with Abram.
Genesis 15:5-12
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Genesis 15:5-12
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5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(A)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[a] be.”(B)
6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(C)
7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(D) of Ur of the Chaldeans(E) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(F)
8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(G) how can I know(H) that I will gain possession of it?”(I)
9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(J) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(K) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(L)”
10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(M) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(N) 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,(O) but Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep,(P) and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:5 Or seed
Genesis 15:17-18
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Genesis 15:17-18
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17 Sometime after sunset, when it was very dark, a smoking cooking pot[a] and a flaming fire passed between the two halves of each animal. 18 (A) At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him:
I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River[b] on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River.
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Genesis 15:17-18
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Genesis 15:17-18
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17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(A) appeared and passed between the pieces.(B) 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(C) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(D) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(E) to the great river, the Euphrates(F)—
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:18 Or river
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