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Genesis 15:7-17

7AndhesaidH559tohim,IamJehovahwhobroughtH3318theeoutofUroftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.DimH3778,togiveלָ֧תֶתLa.tetH5414theethislandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776topossessH3423it.

8AndhesaidH559,Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Jehovah,howבַּמָּ֥הba.MahH4100shallIknowאֵדַ֖ע'e.Da'H3045thatIshallpossessH3423it?

9AndhesaidH559tohim,TakeH3947meaheiferעֶגְלָ֣ה'eg.LahH5697ofthreeמְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁתme.shu.Le.shetH8027yearsoldמְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁתme.shu.Le.shetH8027,andashe-goatofthreeמְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁme.shu.LashH8027yearsoldH8027,andaramוְאַ֣יִלve.'A.yilH352ofthreeH8027yearsoldH8027,andaturtle-dove,andayoungוְגוֹזָֽל׃ve.go.ZalH1469pigeon.

10AndhetookH3947allthese,anddividedtheminthemidstH8432,andlaidthehalfofeachoppositeitsfellow;butthebirdsהַצִפֹּ֖רha.tzi.PorH6833hedidnotdivide.

11Andthebirdsהָעַ֖יִטha.'A.yitH5861ofpreyH5861cameH3381downוַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381onthecarcases;andAbramאַבְרָֽם׃'av.RamH87scaredthemaway.

12Andasthesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121wasH1961justgoingלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935downH5307,adeepוְתַרְדֵּמָ֖הve.tar.de.MahH8639sleepH8639fellH5307uponAbramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87;andbehold,ahorror,agreatגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419darknessחֲשֵׁכָ֥הcha.she.KhahH2825,fellH5307uponhim.

13AndhesaidH559toAbramלְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.RamH87,KnowH3045assuredlythatthyseedH2233willbeיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961asojournerגֵ֣ר׀gerH1616inalandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776[thatis]nottheirs,andtheyshallserveוַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.DumH5647them;andtheyshallafflictוְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.NuH6031themfourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredH3967yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

14Butalsoוְגַ֧םve.GamH1571thatnationהַגּ֛וֹיha.GoyH1471whichtheyshallserveיַעֲבֹ֖דוּya.'a.Vo.duH5647IwilljudgeH1777;andafterwardstheyshallcomeיֵצְא֖וּye.tze.'UH3318outwithgreatגָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419propertyH7399.

15Andthou shaltgoתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935tothyfathersH1inpeaceבְּשָׁל֑וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965; thou shaltbeburiedH6912inagoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896oldבְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbe.sei.VahH7872ageH7872.

16And[inthe]fourthרְבִיעִ֖יre.vi.'IH7243generationוְד֥וֹרve.DorH1755theyshallcomehitheragain;fortheiniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771oftheAmoritesH567isnotyetfullH8003.

17AnditcameH935topassH5674whenthesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121hadgoneH935down,anditwasH1961dark,thatbehold,therewasH1961asmokingfurnaceH8574,andaflameoffireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784whichpassedH5674betweenthosepieces.

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