{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:38:09.842Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":15,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now 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. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And 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. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And 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. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And he thought 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. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to gibe thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And 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. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And 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. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And 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. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But 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. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And 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. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"That 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. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites, "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also, "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanits, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 15 (DRB)","markdown":"[Genesis 15](https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/15 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}