Orthodox Jewish Bible

Bereshis 15:10-21 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

10. And he brought unto Him all these, and divided them in two, and laid each half one opposite another; but the birds divided he not.

11. And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Avram drove them away.

12. And when the shemesh was going down, a tardemah fell upon Avram; and, hinei, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13. And Hashem said unto Avram, Know of a surety that thy zera shall be a ger in a land not their own, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them arba me'ot shanah;

14. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with rechush gadol (great substance).

15. And thou shalt go to thy avot in shalom; thou shalt be buried at a good old age.

16. But in the fourth generation they shall come back here again; for the avon (iniquity) of the Emori (Amorite) is not yet full.

17. And it came to pass, that, when the shemesh went down, and it was dark, hinei a smoking fire-pot, and a blazing torch passed between those pieces.

18. On that day Hashem cut a brit (covenant) with Avram, saying, Unto thy zera have I given ha'aretz hazot, from the Wadi of Mitzrayim unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

19. [the land of] the Keni, and the Kenizzi, and the Kadmoni,

20. And the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Repha'im,

21. And the Emori, and the Kena'ani, and the Girgashi, and the Yevusi.