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Book of Genesis, Chapter 15

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Genesis 15 NASB - New American Standard BibleGenesis 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 15 of Genesis—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ After these things 1the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,
    ¶ “2Do not fear, Abram,
    I am 3a shield to you;
    [a]Your 4reward shall be very great.”
  2. ¶ Abram said, “O Lord [b]GOD, what will You give me, since I [c]am childless, and the [d]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  3. And Abram said, “[e]Since You have given no [f]offspring to me, [g]one 5born in my house is my heir.”
  4. Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; 6but one who will come forth from your own [h]body, he shall be your heir.”
  5. And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and 7count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “8So shall your [i]descendants be.”
  6. 9Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
  7. And He said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of 10Ur of the Chaldeans, to 11give you this land to [j]possess it.”
  8. He said, “O Lord [k]GOD, 12how may I know that I will [l]possess it?”
  9. So He said to him, “[m]Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
  10. Then he [n]brought all these to Him and 13cut them [o]in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he 14did not cut the birds.
  11. The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
  12. ¶ Now when the sun was going down, 15a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, [p]terror and great darkness fell upon him.
  13. God said to Abram, “Know for certain that 16your [q]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, [r]where 17they will be enslaved and oppressed 18four hundred years.
  14. But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out 19with [s]many possessions.
  15. As for you, 20you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
  16. Then in 21the fourth generation they will return here, for 22the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
  17. ¶ It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which 23passed between these pieces.
  18. On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
    ¶ “24To your [t]descendants I have given this land,
    From 25the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
  19. 26the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite
  20. and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim
  21. and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or Your very great reward
  2. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  3. ^ Lit go
  4. ^ Lit son of acquisition
  5. ^ Lit Behold
  6. ^ Lit seed
  7. ^ Lit and behold, a son of
  8. ^ Lit inward parts
  9. ^ Lit seed
  10. ^ Or inherit
  11. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  12. ^ Or inherit
  13. ^ Lit Take
  14. ^ Lit took
  15. ^ Lit in the midst
  16. ^ Or a terror of great darkness
  17. ^ Lit seed
  18. ^ Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them
  19. ^ Lit great
  20. ^ Lit seed

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 15:4; 46:2; 1Sa 15:10
  2. ^ Ge 21:17; 26:24; Is 41:10
  3. ^ De 33:29
  4. ^ Nu 18:20; Ps 58:11
  5. ^ Ge 14:14
  6. ^ Ga 4:28
  7. ^ Ge 22:17; 26:4; De 1:10
  8. ^ Ex 32:13; Ro 4:18; Heb 11:12
  9. ^ Ro 4:3, 20-22; Ga 3:6; Jm 2:23
  10. ^ Ge 11:31
  11. ^ Ge 13:15, 17
  12. ^ Jg 6:36-40; Lu 1:18
  13. ^ Ge 15:17
  14. ^ Le 1:17
  15. ^ Ge 2:21; 28:11; Jb 33:15
  16. ^ Ac 7:6, 17
  17. ^ Ex 1:11; De 5:15
  18. ^ Ex 12:40; Ga 3:17
  19. ^ Ex 12:32-38
  20. ^ Ge 25:8; 47:30
  21. ^ Ge 15:13
  22. ^ Le 18:24-28
  23. ^ Je 34:18, 19
  24. ^ Ge 17:8; Jos 21:43; Ac 7:5
  25. ^ Ex 23:31; Nu 34:1-15; De 1:7, 8
  26. ^ Ex 3:17; 23:28; Jos 24:11; Ne 9:8

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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