1 Pärast neid lugusid tuli Aabramile nägemuses Issanda sõna, Kes ütles: „Ära karda, Aabram! Mina olen sulle kilbiks. Sinu tasu on väga suur!"
2 Aga Aabram ütles: „Issand Issand! Mida Sa mulle saad anda? Mina ju lähen ära lastetuna ja mu koja valitsejaks on Elieser Damaskusest!"
3 Ja Aabram ütles: „Vaata, mulle sa ei ole ihuvilja andnud, aga näe, minu kojas sündinu saab mu pärijaks!"
4 Ja vaata, temale tuli Issanda sõna, Kes ütles: „Tema ei ole sinu pärija, vaid see, kes väljub su oma ihust, on su pärija."
5 Ja Ta viis teda õue ning ütles: „Vaata nüüd taeva poole ja loe tähti, kui sa suudad neid lugeda!" Ja Ta ütles temale: „Nõnda saab olema sinu sugu!"
6 Ja ta uskus Issandat ning see arvati temale õiguseks.
7 Ja Ta ütles temale: „Mina olen Issand, Kes sind tõi Kaldea Uurist, et anda sulle päranduseks see maa!"
8 Aga ta küsis: „Issand Issand, millest ma ära tunnen, et ma selle pärin?"
9 Siis Ta vastas temale: „Too mulle kolmeaastane õhvake, kolmeaastane kits, kolmeaastane jäär ja turteltuvi ühes lennuvõimelise pojaga."
10 Ja ta tõi Temale kõik need, lõikas need keskelt lõhki ja pani vastavad pooled vastakuti; aga lindusid ta ei lõiganud lõhki.
11 Kui röövlinnud laskusid korjuste peale, siis peletas Aabram need minema.
12 Aga kui päike loojus, vajus Aabram sügavasse unne, ja vaata, hirm ning suur pimedus haarasid teda!
13 Ja Issand ütles Aabramile: „Sa pead teadma, et su järglased on võõrastena maal, mis ei ole nende oma; nad tehakse orjadeks ja neid vaevatakse nelisada aastat.
14 Aga ka rahvast, keda nad orjavad, Ma karistan, ja selle järel nad tulevad ära suure varandusega.
15 Sina ise aga lähed rahuga oma vanemate juurde, sind maetakse heas vanuses.
16 Alles neljas põlv tuleb siia tagasi, sest emorlaste süü ei ole tänini veel küllaldane!"
17 Ja kui päike oli loojunud ja kui oli pime, siis nähti suitsevat küpsetusahju ja tuleleeki, mis nende lõigatud tükkide vahelt läbi käis!
18 Selsamal päeval Issand tegi Aabramiga lepingu ja ütles: „Sinu soole Ma annan selle maa Egiptuseojast suure jõeni, Frati jõeni,
19 keenlased, kenislased, kadmonlased,
20 hetiidid, perislased, refalased, 21 emorlased, kaananlased, girgaaslased ja jebuuslased!"
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1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
2 And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
4 Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
7 And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.
8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
9 And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
10 All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
11 And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
13 And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
14 But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
15 As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.
16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
17 Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
18 In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.