Genesis:15-16
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After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision ,
saying ,
Fear not ,
Abram :
I am thy shield ,
and thy exceeding great reward .
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And Abram said ,
Lord GOD ,
what wilt thou give me ,
seeing I go childless ,
and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus ?
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And Abram said ,
Behold ,
to me thou hast given no seed :
and ,
lo ,
one born in my house is mine heir .
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And ,
behold ,
the word of the LORD came unto him ,
saying ,
This shall not be thine heir ;
but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir .
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And he brought him forth abroad ,
and said ,
Look now toward heaven ,
and tell the stars ,
if thou be able to number them :
and he said unto him ,
So shall thy seed be .
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And he believed in the LORD ;
and he counted it to him for righteousness .
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And he said unto him ,
I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees ,
to give thee this land to inherit it .
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And he said ,
Lord GOD ,
whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ?
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And he said unto him ,
Take me an heifer of three years old ,
and a she goat of three years old ,
and a ram of three years old ,
and a turtledove ,
and a young pigeon .
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And he took unto him all these ,
and divided them in the midst ,
and laid each piece one against another :
but the birds divided he not .
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And when the fowls came down upon the carcases ,
Abram drove them away .
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And when the sun was going down ,
a deep sleep fell upon Abram ;
and ,
lo ,
an horror of great darkness fell upon him .
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And he said unto Abram ,
Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs ,
and shall serve them ;
and they shall afflict them four hundred years ;
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And also that nation ,
whom they shall serve ,
will I judge :
and afterward shall they come out with great substance .
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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ;
thou shalt be buried in a good old age .
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But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again :
for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when the sun went down ,
and it was dark ,
behold a smoking furnace ,
and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces .
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In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram ,
saying ,
Unto thy seed have I given this land ,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river ,
the river Euphrates :
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The Kenites ,
and the Kenizzites ,
and the Kadmonites ,
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And the Hittites ,
and the Perizzites ,
and the Rephaims ,
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And the Amorites ,
and the Canaanites ,
and the Girgashites ,
and the Jebusites .
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Now Sarai Abram '
s wife bare him no children :
and she had an handmaid ,
an Egyptian ,
whose name was Hagar .
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And Sarai said unto Abram ,
Behold now ,
the LORD hath restrained me from bearing :
I pray thee ,
go in unto my maid ;
it may be that I may obtain children by her .
And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai .
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And Sarai Abram '
s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian ,
after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan ,
and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife .
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And he went in unto Hagar ,
and she conceived :
and when she saw that she had conceived ,
her mistress was despised in her eyes .
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And Sarai said unto Abram ,
My wrong be upon thee :
I have given my maid into thy bosom ;
and when she saw that she had conceived ,
I was despised in her eyes :
the LORD judge between me and thee .
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But Abram said unto Sarai ,
Behold ,
thy maid is in thy hand ;
do to her as it pleaseth thee .
And when Sarai dealt hardly with her ,
she fled from her face .
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And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness ,
by the fountain in the way to Shur .
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And he said ,
Hagar ,
Sarai '
s maid ,
whence camest thou ?
and whither wilt thou go ?
And she said ,
I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai .
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her ,
Return to thy mistress ,
and submit thyself under her hands .
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her ,
I will multiply thy seed exceedingly ,
that it shall not be numbered for multitude .
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And the angel of the LORD said unto her ,
Behold ,
thou art with child ,
and shalt bear a son ,
and shalt call his name Ishmael ;
because the LORD hath heard thy affliction .
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And he will be a wild man ;
his hand will be against every man ,
and every man '
s hand against him ;
and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren .
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And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her ,
Thou God seest me :
for she said ,
Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ?
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Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi ;
behold ,
it is between Kadesh and Bered .
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And Hagar bare Abram a son :
and Abram called his son '
s name ,
which Hagar bare ,
Ishmael .
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And Abram was fourscore and six years old ,
when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram .
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And when Abram was ninety years old and nine ,
the LORD appeared to Abram ,
and said unto him ,
I am the Almighty God ;
walk before me ,
and be thou perfect .