Genesis 15:13-21

New American Standard Bible

¹³Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that ^(A)your ^[a]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, ^[b]where ^(B)they will be enslaved and oppressed for ^(C)four hundred years. ¹⁴But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out ^(D)with ^[c]many possessions. ¹⁵As for you, ^(E)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶Then in ^(F)the fourth generation they will return here, for ^(G)the wrongdoing of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

¹⁷Now it came about, when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch appeared which ^(H)passed between these pieces. ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

“^(I)To your ^[d]descendants I have given this land,
From ^(J)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁹^(K)the land of the Kenite, the Kenizzite, the Kadmonite, ²⁰the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Rephaim, ²¹the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”

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Genesis 15:13 Lit seed
Genesis 15:13 Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
Genesis 15:14 Lit great
Genesis 15:18 Lit seed

Genesis 15:13-21

New International Version

¹³Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years^(A) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved^(B) and mistreated there. ¹⁴But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out^(C) with great possessions.^(D) ¹⁵You, however, will go to your ancestors^(E) in peace and be buried at a good old age.^(F) ¹⁶In the fourth generation^(G) your descendants will come back here,^(H) for the sin of the Amorites^(I) has not yet reached its full measure.”

¹⁷When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch^(J) appeared and passed between the pieces.^(K) ¹⁸On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram^(L) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,^(M) from the Wadi^[a] of Egypt^(N) to the great river, the Euphrates^(O)— ¹⁹the land of the Kenites,^(P) Kenizzites, Kadmonites, ²⁰Hittites,^(Q) Perizzites,^(R) Rephaites,^(S) ²¹Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”^(T)