{"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/erv/genesis/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:21:49.524Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":15,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Abram said, O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Dammesek Eliezer?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And, 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to tell them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he said, O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And 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;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In 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:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 15 (ERV)","markdown":"[Genesis 15](https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/15 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}