Genesis 15
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Genesis 15:12-15

12Now when the sunH8121 was goingH935 down, 1a deepH8639 sleepH8639 fellH5307 upon AbramH87; and beholdH2009, 2terrorH367 and greatH1419 darknessH2825 fellH5307 upon him.

13God saidH559 to AbramH87, “KnowH3045 for certainH3045 that 3your 4descendantsH2233 will be strangersH1616 in a landH776 that is not theirsH1992, 5where 6they will be enslavedH5647 and oppressedH6031 7fourH702 hundredH3967 yearsH8141.

14But I will alsoH1571 judgeH1777 the nationH1471 whomH834 they will serveH5647, and afterwardH310H3651 they will comeH3318 out 8with 9manyH1419 possessionsH7399.

15As for you, 10you shall goH935 to your fathersH1 in peaceH7965; you will be buriedH6912 at a goodH2896 oldH7872 ageH7872.

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Notes

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

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