{"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/web/genesis/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:18:16.143Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, |Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.|"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Abram said, |Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Abram said, |Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, |This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir.|"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yahweh brought him outside, and said, |Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.| He said to Abram, |So shall your seed be.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He said to him, |I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He said, |Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He said to him, |Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He said to Abram, |Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, |To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 15 (WEB)","markdown":"[Genesis 15](https://primebible.com/web/genesis/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/genesis/15 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}