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Genesis 15:7-17

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.

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