Revised Webster's Bible

Genesis 15

1Afterאַחַ֣ר׀'a.CharH310thesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cameהָיָ֤הha.YahH1961toAbramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87in avisionבַּֽמַּחֲזֶ֖הba.ma.cha.ZehH4236,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Fearתִּירָ֣אti.Ra'H3372not,Abramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87: I am thyshieldמָגֵ֣ןma.GenH4043, and thyexceedingמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966greatהַרְבֵּ֥הhar.BehH7235rewardשְׂכָרְךָ֖se.kha.re.KhaH7939.

2AndAbramאַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,LORDאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Godיֱהוִה֙Yah.wehH3069, what wilt thougiveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414me, seeing Igoהוֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980childlessעֲרִירִ֑י'a.ri.RiH6185, and theheirוּבֶן־ מֶ֣שֶׁקu.ven- Me.shekH1121 H4943of myhouseבֵּיתִ֔יbei.TiH1004isthisה֖וּאhu'H1931Eliezerאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃'e.li.'E.zerH461ofDamascusדַּמֶּ֥שֶׂקda.Me.sekH1834?

3AndAbramאַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamH87saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Behold, to me thou hastgivenנָתַ֖תָּהna.Ta.tahH5414noלֹ֥אlo'H3808seedזָ֑רַעZa.ra'H2233: and, lo, onebornבֶן־ven-H1121in myhouseבֵּיתִ֖יbei.TiH1004is myheirיוֹרֵ֥שׁyo.ReshH3423.

4And, behold, thewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068came to him,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, This shall not be thyheirיִֽירָשְׁךָ֖yi.ra.she.KhaH3423; but he that shall comeforthיֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'H3318out of thy ownloinsמִמֵּעֶ֔יךָmi.me.'Ei.khaH4578shall be thyheirיִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃Yi.ra.She.khaH3423.

5And he brought himforthוַיּוֹצֵ֨אvai.yo.Tze'H3318abroadהַח֗וּצָהha.Chu.tzahH2351, andsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Lookהַבֶּט־ha.bet-H5027now towardheavenהַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָהha.sha.May.mahH8064, andcountוּסְפֹר֙u.se.ForH5608thestarsהַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםha.Ko.kha.VimH3556, if thou artableתּוּכַ֖לtu.KhalH3201tonumberלִסְפֹּ֣רlis.PorH5608them: and hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him,Soכֹּ֥הkohH3541shall thyseedזַרְעֶֽךָ׃zar.'E.khaH2233be.

6And hebelievedוְהֶאֱמִ֖ןve.he.'e.MinH539in theLORDבַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehH3068; and hecountedוַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָvai.yach.she.Ve.haH2803it to him forrighteousnessצְדָקָֽה׃tze.da.KahH6666.

7And hesaidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him, I am theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068that brought theeoutהוֹצֵאתִ֙יךָ֙ho.tze.Ti.khaH3318ofUrמֵא֣וּרme.'UrH218of theChaldeesכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.DimH3778, togiveלָ֧תֶתLa.tetH5414thee thislandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776toinheritלְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃le.rish.TahH3423it.

8And hesaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODיֱהוִ֔הYah.wehH3069, bywhatבַּמָּ֥הba.MahH4100shall Iknowאֵדַ֖ע'e.Da'H3045that I shall inherititאִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃'I.ra.She.nahH3423?

9And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to him,Takeקְחָ֥הke.ChahH3947me anheiferעֶגְלָ֣ה'eg.LahH5697of three yearsoldמְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁתme.shu.Le.shetH8027, and a femalegoatוְעֵ֥זve.'EzH5795of three yearsoldמְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁתme.shu.Le.shetH8027, and aramוְאַ֣יִלve.'A.yilH352of three yearsoldמְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁme.shu.LashH8027, and aturtledoveוְתֹ֖רve.TorH8449, and a youngpigeonוְגוֹזָֽל׃ve.go.ZalH1469.

10And hetookוַיִּֽקַּֽח־vai.yi.kach-H3947to him all these, anddividedוַיְבַתֵּ֤רvay.va.TerH1334them in themidstבַּתָּ֔וֶךְba.Ta.vekhH8432, andlaidוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414eachאִישׁ־'ish-H376pieceבִּתְר֖וֹbit.RoH1335oneagainstH7125anotherרֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huH7453: but thebirdsהַצִפֹּ֖רha.tzi.PorH6833he did notdivideבָתָֽר׃va.TarH1334.

11And when thefowlsהָעַ֖יִטha.'A.yitH5861camedownוַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381upon thecarcasesהַפְּגָרִ֑יםha.pe.ga.RimH6297,Abramאַבְרָֽם׃'av.RamH87drove themawayוַיַּשֵּׁ֥בvai.ya.ShevH5380.

12And when thesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121was goingdownלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935, a deepsleepוְתַרְדֵּמָ֖הve.tar.de.MahH8639fellנָפְלָ֣הna.fe.LahH5307uponAbramאַבְרָ֑ם'av.RamH87; and, lo, anhorrorאֵימָ֛ה'ei.MahH367ofgreatגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419darknessחֲשֵׁכָ֥הcha.she.KhahH2825fellנֹפֶ֥לֶתno.Fe.letH5307upon him.

13And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toAbramלְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.RamH87,Knowיָדֹ֨עַya.Do.a'H3045certainlyתֵּדַ֜עte.Da'H3045that thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֗zar.'a.KhaH2233shall be astrangerגֵ֣ר׀gerH1616in alandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776that is not theirs, and shallserveוַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.DumH5647them; and they shallafflictוְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.NuH6031themfourאַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'H702hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141;

14And also thatnationהַגּ֛וֹיha.GoyH1471, which they shallserveיַעֲבֹ֖דוּya.'a.Vo.duH5647, will Ijudgeדָּ֣ןdanH1777: andafterwardוְאַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֥ןve.'a.cha.rei- khenH310 H3651shall they comeoutיֵצְא֖וּye.tze.'UH3318withgreatגָּדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419substanceבִּרְכֻ֥שׁbir.KhushH7399.

15And thou shaltgoתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935to thyfathersאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ'a.vo.Tei.khaH1inpeaceבְּשָׁל֑וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965; thou shalt beburiedתִּקָּבֵ֖רti.ka.VerH6912in agoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896oldageבְּשֵׂיבָ֥הbe.sei.VahH7872.

16But in thefourthרְבִיעִ֖יre.vi.'IH7243generationוְד֥וֹרve.DorH1755they shall comehereהֵ֑נָּהHe.nahH2008againיָשׁ֣וּבוּya.Shu.vuH7725: for theiniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771of theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567is notyetהֵֽנָּה׃He.nahH2008fullשָׁלֵ֛םsha.LemH8003.

17And it came to pass, that, when thesunהַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshH8121had gonedownבָּ֔אָהBa.'ahH935, and it wasdarkוַעֲלָטָ֖הva.'a.la.TahH5939, behold asmokingעָשָׁן֙'a.ShanH6227furnaceתַנּ֤וּרta.NurH8574, and aburningאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784lampוְלַפִּ֣ידve.la.PidH3940thatpassedעָבַ֔ר'a.VarH5674betweenבֵּ֖יןbeinH996thosepiecesהַגְּזָרִ֥יםha.ge.za.RimH1506.

18In thatsameהַה֗וּאha.Hu'H1931dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068madeכָּרַ֧תka.RatH3772acovenantבְּרִ֣יתbe.RitH1285withAbramאַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamH87,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, To thyseedלְזַרְעֲךָ֗le.zar.'a.KhaH2233have Igivenנָתַ֙תִּי֙na.Ta.tiH5414thislandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776, from theriverמִנְּהַ֣רmi.ne.HarH5104ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714to thegreatהַגָּדֹ֖לha.ga.DolH1419riverהַנָּהָ֥רha.na.HarH5104, theriverנְהַר־ne.har-H5104Euphratesפְּרָֽת׃pe.RatH6578:

19TheKenitesהַקֵּינִי֙ha.kei.NiH7017, and theKenizzitesהַקְּנִזִּ֔יha.ke.ni.ZiH7074, and theKadmonitesהַקַּדְמֹנִֽי׃ha.kad.mo.NiH6935,

20And theHittitesהַחִתִּ֥יha.chi.TiH2850, and thePerizzitesהַפְּרִזִּ֖יha.pe.ri.ZiH6522, and theRephaimsהָרְפָאִֽים׃ha.re.fa.'ImH7497,

21And theAmoritesהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ha.'e.mo.RiH567, and theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669, and theGirgashitesהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֖יha.gir.ga.ShiH1622, and theJebusitesהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ סhay.vu.SiH2983.

Commentaries on Genesis 15

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