New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 15:12-18

12Now when the sun was going down, 1a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, 2terror and great darkness fell upon him. 13God said to Abram, “Know for certain that 3your 4descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, 5where 6they will be enslaved and oppressed 7four hundred years. 14But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out 8with 9many possessions. 15As for you, 10you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. 16Then in 11the fourth generation they will return here, for 12the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

17It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which 13passed between these pieces. 18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “14To your 15descendants I have given this land, From 16the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Notes

1. Genesis 15:12 Gen 2:21; 28:11; Job 33:15 ↩
2. Genesis 15:12 Or a terror of great darkness ↩
3. Genesis 15:13 Acts 7:6, 17 ↩
4. Genesis 15:13 Lit seed ↩
5. Genesis 15:13 Lit and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them ↩
6. Genesis 15:13 Ex 1:11; Deut 5:15 ↩
7. Genesis 15:13 Ex 12:40; Gal 3:17 ↩
8. Genesis 15:14 Ex 12:32-38 ↩
9. Genesis 15:14 Lit great ↩
10. Genesis 15:15 Gen 25:8; 47:30 ↩
11. Genesis 15:16 Gen 15:13 ↩
12. Genesis 15:16 Lev 18:24-28 ↩
13. Genesis 15:17 Jer 34:18, 19 ↩
14. Genesis 15:18 Gen 17:8; Josh 21:43; Acts 7:5 ↩
15. Genesis 15:18 Lit seed ↩
16. Genesis 15:18 Ex 23:31; Num 34:1-15; Deut 1:7, 8 ↩

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