{"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/ylt/genesis/15","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:15:35.909Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":15,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":14,"nextChapter":16,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to thee, thy reward is exceeding great.'"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Abram saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Abram saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying, 'This one doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And He saith unto him, 'I am Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And He saith unto him, 'Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and He saith to Abram, 'knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"with 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 (YLT)","markdown":"[Genesis 15](https://primebible.com/ylt/genesis/15)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/genesis/15 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}