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Genesis 15:13-18

13And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoAbramלְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.RamH87,KnowH3045of a surety that thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֗zar.'a.KhaH2233shall be astrangerגֵ֣ר׀gerH1616in alandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776that isnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808theirs, and shallserveוַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.DumH5647them; and they shallafflictוְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.NuH6031themfourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141;

14and also thatnationהַגּ֛וֹיha.GoyH1471,whomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they shallserveיַעֲבֹ֖דוּya.'a.Vo.duH5647, will Ijudgeדָּ֣ןdanH1777: andafterwardוְאַחֲרֵי־ve.'a.cha.rei-H310shall theycomeיֵצְא֖וּye.tze.'UH3318outH3318withgreatגָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419substance.

15But thou shaltgoתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935to thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1inpeaceבְּשָׁל֑וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965; thou shalt beburiedתִּקָּבֵ֖רti.ka.VerH6912in agoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896oldבְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbe.sei.VahH7872ageH7872.

16And in thefourthרְבִיעִ֖יre.vi.'IH7243generationוְד֥וֹרve.DorH1755they shallcomeH7725hitheragainH7725: for theiniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771of theAmoriteהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808yetfullשָׁלֵ֛םsha.LemH8003.

17And itcameH935topassH5674, that, when thesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121wentH935downH428, and it wasdarkוַעֲלָטָ֖הva.'a.la.TahH5939,beholdוְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.NehH2009asmokingעָשָׁן֙'a.ShanH6227furnaceתַנּ֤וּרta.NurH8574, and aflamingאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784torchוְלַפִּ֣ידve.la.PidH3940thatpassedH5674betweenבֵּ֖יןbeinH996theseH428piecesהַגְּזָרִ֥יםha.ge.za.RimH1506.

18In thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068madeכָּרַ֧תka.RatH3772acovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285withAbramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Unto thyseedלְזַרְעֲךָ֗le.zar.'a.KhaH2233have Igivenנָתַ֙תִּי֙na.Ta.tiH5414thislandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776, from theriverמִנְּהַ֣רmi.ne.HarH5104ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714unto thegreatהַגָּדֹ֖לha.ga.DolH1419riverהַנָּהָ֥רha.na.HarH5104, theriverנְהַר־ne.har-H5104Euphratesפְּרָֽת׃pe.RatH6578:

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