1 Pēc šiem notikumiem tas Kungs runāja uz Abrāmu, viņam parādīdamies un sacīdams: „Nebīsties, Abrām, Es esmu tev par sargu un vairogu, un tava alga ir loti liela.“
2 Un Abrāms atbildēja: „Dievs mans Kungs, ko Tu man gribi dot? Redzi, es staigāju apkārt bez bērniem, un mana nama mantinieks būs šis damaskietis Eliēzers.“
3 Un Abrāms teica: „Redzi, Tu man neesi devis pēcnācējus. Viens no maniem kalpiem būs mans mantinieks.“
4 Un tad tā Kunga vārds notika viņam: „Šis gan nebūs tavs mantinieks, bet gan tas, kas no tavām miesām nāks, būs tavs mantinieks.“
5 Un Viņš tam lika iziet ārā un sacīja: „Skaties uz debesīm un skaiti zvaigznes; vai tu spēji tās izskaitīt? Tikpat daudz būs tev pēcnācēju,“ Viņš tam teica.
6 Un Abrāms paļāvās uz to Kungu, un Dievs to viņam pieskaitīja par taisnību.
7 Un Viņš sacīja tam: „Es esmu tas Kungs, kas tev lika iziet no Ūras Kaldejā, lai tev dotu šo zemi par īpašumu.“
8 Bet tas sacīja: „Kungs mans Dievs, no kā lai es noprotu, ka es to mantošu?“
9 Un Viņš sacīja: „Atnes Man triju gadu jaunlopu, triju gadu kazu un triju gadu aunu, balodi un ūbeli.“
10 Un tas Viņam atnesa un sagatavoja visus tos, sadalīja tos uz pusēm un lika vienu gabalu pret otru, bet putnus tas nesadalīja.
11 Un vanagi krita uz kustoņiem, bet Abrāms tos aizdzina.
12 Un kad saule bija tuvu rietam, tad miegs uznāca Ābramam un lielas izbailes, liela tumsa nolaidās pār viņu.
13 Un Viņš sacīja Abrāmam: „Piemini, zintin zini, ka tavi pēcnācēji būs svešinieki zemē, kas tiem nepieder, un tiem tur būs būt par kalpiem, un tos tur pazemos četri simt gadus.
14 Bet arī to tautu, kas tos kalpinās, Es tiesāšu; pēc tam tie dosies ceļā ar bagātu mantību.
15 Bet tu noiesi mierā pie saviem tēviem, un sirmā vecumā tu tapsi aprakts.
16 Un ceturtai paaudzei būs atgriezties šurp, jo amoriešu grēku mērs vēl nav pilns.“
17 Un notika, kad saule bija nogājusi un bija iestājusies pilnīga tumsa, tad it kā dūmains cepiis un degoša lāpa parādījās starp tiem gabaliem.
18 Tanī dienā tas Kungs noslēdza ar Abrāmu derību, sacīdams: „Taviem pēcnācējiem Es došu šo zemi, no Ēģiptes upes līdz lielajai upei—Eifratas upei,
19 Arī kēniešus, kadmoniešus, hetiešus, serifiešus, refejiešus, amoriešus, kānaāniešus, girgaziešus un jebusiešus.“
The Lord's Promise to Abram
1 Later the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision, “Abram, don't be afraid! I will protect you and reward you greatly.”
2 But Abram answered, “Lord All-Powerful, you have given me everything I could ask for, except children. And when I die, Eliezer of Damascus will get all I own. 3 You have not given me any children, and this servant of mine will inherit everything.”
4 The Lord replied, “No, he won't! You will have a son of your own, and everything you have will be his.” 5 Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have.” 6 Abram believed the Lord, so the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.
The Lord Makes Another Promise to Abram
7 The Lord said to Abram, “I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land.”
8 Abram asked, “Lord God, how can I know the land will be mine?”
9 Then the Lord told him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon.”
10 Abram obeyed the Lord. Then he cut the animals in half and laid the two halves of each animal opposite each other on the ground. But he did not cut the doves and pigeons in half. 11 And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.
12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and everything became dark and frightening. 13-15 Then the Lord said:
Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace.
But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for 400 years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.
16 Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.
17 Sometime after sunset, when it was very dark, a smoking cooking pot and a flaming fire passed between the two halves of each animal. 18 At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him:
I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River. 19 They will possess the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
