Genesis 15
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'
1His itaque transactis, factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens: Noli timere, Abram: ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.
2And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'
2Dixitque Abram: Domine Deus, quid dabis mihi? ego vadam absque liberis, et filius procuratoris domus meæ iste Damascus Eliezer.
3And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'
3Addiditque Abram: Mihi autem non dedisti semen, et ecce vernaculus meus, hæres meus erit.
4And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'
4Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum, dicens: Non erit hic hæres tuus, sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis hæredem.
5And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'
5Eduxitque eum foras, et ait illi: Suspice cælum, et numera stellas, si potes. Et dixit ei: Sic erit semen tuum.
6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
6Credidit Abram Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam.
7And 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.'
7Dixitque ad eum: Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldæorum ut darem tibi terram istam, et possideres eam.
8And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'
8At ille ait: Domine Deus, unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam?
9And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'
9Et respondens Dominus: Sume, inquit, mihi vaccam triennem, et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium, turturem quoque et columbam.
10And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.
10Qui tollens universa hæc, divisit ea per medium, et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit; aves autem non divisit.
11And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
11Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera, et abigebat eas Abram.
12And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
12Cumque sol occumberet, sopor irruit super Abram, et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum.
13And 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;
13Dictumque est ad eum: Scito prænoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua, et subjicient eos servituti, et affligent quadringentis annis.
14and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
14Verumtamen gentem, cui servituri sunt, ego judicabo: et post hæc egredientur cum magna substantia.
15But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
15Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace, sepultus in senectute bona.
16And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
16Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc: necdum enim completæ sunt iniquitates Amorrhæorum usque ad præsens tempus.
17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
17Cum ergo occubuisset sol, facta est caligo tenebrosa, et apparuit clibanus fumans, et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.
18In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
18In illo die pepigit Dominus fœdus cum Abram, dicens: Semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Ægypti usque ad fluvium magnum Euphraten,
19the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
19Cinæos, et Cenezæos, Cedmonæos,
20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
20et Hethæos, et Pherezæos, Raphaim quoque,
21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'
21et Amorrhæos, et Chananæos, et Gergesæos, et Jebusæos.
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