# Genesis 15

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] After 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.” [2] But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” [3] Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.” [4] Then 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.” [5] And 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.” [6] Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness. [7] The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” [8] But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?” [9] And 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.” [10] So 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. [11] And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. [12] As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him. [13] Then 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. [14] But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. [15] You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age. [16] In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” [17] When 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. [18] On 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] the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, [20] Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, [21] Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

## Places in this chapter

- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt
- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea
- **Euphrates** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/euphrates
- **Ur 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ur-1

## Who appears in this chapter

- **Abraham** (father of faith) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/abraham

## Each verse

- Genesis 15:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/1
- Genesis 15:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/2
- Genesis 15:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/3
- Genesis 15:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/4
- Genesis 15:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/5
- Genesis 15:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/6
- Genesis 15:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/7
- Genesis 15:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/8
- Genesis 15:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/9
- Genesis 15:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/10
- Genesis 15:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/11
- Genesis 15:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/12
- Genesis 15:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/13
- Genesis 15:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/14
- Genesis 15:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/15
- Genesis 15:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/16
- Genesis 15:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/17
- Genesis 15:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/18
- Genesis 15:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/19
- Genesis 15:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/20
- Genesis 15:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/21