Genesis

Chapter 15

Phonetic (Hebrew): acha֣r ׀ hadּebari֣ym ha'e֗lּeh haya֤h debar-yehvah֙ 'el-'abera֔m bּֽamּachaze֖h le'mo֑r 'al-tּiyra֣ 'abera֗m 'anokiy֙ mage֣n la֔ke shsekareka֖ harebּe֥h me'oֽd׃

Edified Edition (EDE)After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceeding great reward."

אַחַ֣ר ׀ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם בַּֽמַּחֲזֶ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אַל־תִּירָ֣א אַבְרָ֗ם אָנֹכִי֙ מָגֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ שְׂכָרְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣'mer 'abera֗m 'adona֤y yehvih֙ mah-tּitּen-li֔y ve'anoki֖y hole֣ke 'ariyri֑y uben-me֣shsheq bּeyti֔y h֖u dּamּe֥shseq 'eliy'eֽzer׃

Edified Edition (EDE)But Abram said, "Sovereign the LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֗ם אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהוִה֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י הוֹלֵ֣ךְ עֲרִירִ֑י וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק בֵּיתִ֔י ה֖וּא דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣'mer 'abera֔m he֣n li֔y lo֥ nata֖tּah za֑ra vehinּe֥h ben-bּeyti֖y yore֥shsh 'otiֽy׃

Edified Edition (EDE)And Abram said, "You have given me no offspring; so a servant in my household will be my heir."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֔ם הֵ֣ן לִ֔י לֹ֥א נָתַ֖תָּה זָ֑רַע וְהִנֵּ֥ה בֶן־בֵּיתִ֖י יוֹרֵ֥שׁ אֹתִֽי׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vehinּe֨h debar-yehva֤h 'elayv֙ le'mo֔r lo֥ yiֽyrashsheka֖ ze֑h kּiy-'im֙ 'ashshe֣r yetze֣ mimּe'e֔yka h֖u yiֽyrashsheֽka׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir."

וְהִנֵּ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א יִֽירָשְׁךָ֖ זֶ֑ה כִּי־אִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵצֵ֣א מִמֵּעֶ֔יךָ ה֖וּא יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּotze֨ 'ot֜o hach֗utzah vayּo֨'mer֙ habּet-na֣ hashshּama֗yemah usepor֙ hakּ֣okabi֔ym 'im-tּuka֖l lisepּo֣r 'ota֑m vayּo֣'mer l֔o kּo֥h yiheye֖h zare'eֽka׃

Edified Edition (EDE)He took him outside and said, "Look now toward the heavens and number (s'phor) the stars, if indeed you can count them." Then He said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

וַיּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜וֹ הַח֗וּצָה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה וּסְפֹר֙ הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֥ה יִהְיֶ֖ה זַרְעֶֽךָ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vehe'emi֖n bּֽayhva֑h vayּacheshshebe֥ha lּ֖o tzedaqaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽיהוָ֑ה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ לּ֖וֹ צְדָקָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֖'mer 'ela֑yv 'ani֣y yehva֗h 'ashshe֤r hotze'ti֨yka֙ me'֣ur kּashsedּi֔ym la֧tet leka֛ 'et-ha'a֥retz hazּo֖'t lerishshetּaֽhּ׃

Edified Edition (EDE)He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הוֹצֵאתִ֨יךָ֙ מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים לָ֧תֶת לְךָ֛ אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo'ma֑r 'adona֣y yehvi֔h bּamּa֥h 'eda֖ kּi֥y 'ֽiyrashsheֽnּah׃

Edified Edition (EDE)But Abram said, "Sovereign the LORD, how can I know that I shall possess it?"

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהוִ֔ה בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣'mer 'ela֗yv qecha֥h liy֙ 'egela֣h meshshulּe֔shshet ve'e֥z meshshulּe֖shshet ve'a֣yil meshshulּa֑shsh veto֖r vegozaֽl׃

Edified Edition (EDE)So He said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו קְחָ֥ה לִי֙ עֶגְלָ֣ה מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת וְעֵ֥ז מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת וְאַ֣יִל מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ וְתֹ֖ר וְגוֹזָֽל׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּiֽqּaֽch-l֣o 'et-kּal-'e֗lּeh vayebatּe֤r 'otam֙ bּatּa֔veke vayּitּe֥n 'iyshsh-bּiter֖o liqera֣'t re'e֑hu ve'et-hatzipּo֖r lo֥ bataֽr׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Abram brought all these to Him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; but the birds he did not cut.

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֗לֶּה וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּe֥red ha'a֖yit 'al-hapּegari֑ym vayּashshּe֥b 'ota֖m 'aberaֽm׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayehi֤y hashshּe֨meshsh֙ lab֔o vetaredּema֖h napela֣h 'al-'abera֑m vehinּe֥h 'eyma֛h chashsheka֥h gedola֖h nope֥let 'alaֽyv׃

Edified Edition (EDE)As the sun was setting, a deep sleep (tardemah) fell upon Abram, and behold, a horror and great darkness fell upon him.

וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ לָב֔וֹא וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה נָפְלָ֣ה עַל־אַבְרָ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת עָלָֽיו׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣'mer le'abera֗m yado֨'a tּeda֜ kּiy-ge֣r ׀ yiheye֣h zare'aka֗ bּe'e֨retz֙ lo֣ lahe֔m va'abad֖um ve'inּ֣u 'ota֑m 'arebּa֥ me'֖ot shshanaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that for four hundred years your offspring will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־גֵ֣ר ׀ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם וַעֲבָד֖וּם וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vega֧m 'et-hagּ֛oy 'ashshe֥r ya'abo֖du dּa֣n 'ano֑kiy ve'acharey-ke֥n yetze'֖u bּireku֥shsh gּadֽol׃

Edified Edition (EDE)But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

וְגַ֧ם אֶת־הַגּ֛וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ דָּ֣ן אָנֹ֑כִי וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֥ן יֵצְא֖וּ בִּרְכֻ֥שׁ גָּדֽוֹל׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'atּa֛h tּab֥o 'el-'abote֖yka bּeshshal֑om tּiqּabe֖r bּeshseyba֥h tobaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

וְאַתָּ֛ה תָּב֥וֹא אֶל־אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם תִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ved֥or rebiy'i֖y yashsh֣ubu he֑nּah kּi֧y lo'-shshale֛m 'avo֥n ha'emori֖y 'ad-heֽnּah׃

Edified Edition (EDE)In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."

וְד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה כִּ֧י לֹא־שָׁלֵ֛ם עֲוֺ֥ן הָאֱמֹרִ֖י עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayehi֤y hashshּe֨meshsh֙ bּa֔'ah va'alata֖h haya֑h vehinּe֨h tanּ֤ur 'ashshan֙ velapּi֣yd 'e֔shsh 'ashshe֣r 'aba֔r bּe֖yn hagּezari֥ym ha'eֽlּeh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.

וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה וַעֲלָטָ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר בֵּ֖ין הַגְּזָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): bּayּ֣om hah֗u kּara֧t yehva֛h 'et-'abera֖m bּeri֣yt le'mo֑r lezare'aka֗ nata֨tּiy֙ 'et-ha'a֣retz hazּo֔'t minּeha֣r mitzera֔yim 'ad-hanּaha֥r hagּado֖l nehar-pּeraֽt׃

Edified Edition (EDE)On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your seed I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֨תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): et-haqּeyniy֙ ve'et-haqּenizּi֔y ve'e֖t haqּademoniֽy׃

Edified Edition (EDE)the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

אֶת־הַקֵּינִי֙ וְאֶת־הַקְּנִזִּ֔י וְאֵ֖ת הַקַּדְמֹנִֽי׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'et-hachitּi֥y ve'et-hapּerizּi֖y ve'et-harepa'iֽym׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

וְאֶת־הַחִתִּ֥י וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּ֖י וְאֶת־הָרְפָאִֽים׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'et-hֽa'emoriy֙ ve'et-hֽakּena'ani֔y ve'et-hagּiregּashshi֖y ve'et-hayebusiֽy׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."

וְאֶת־הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ וְאֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֖י וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִֽי׃ס