15:1

After these events, God's word came to Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not Abram, I am your shield. Your reward is very great.' 
Achar hadevarim ha'eleh hayah dvar-Adonay el-Avram bamachazeh lemor al-tira Avram anochi magen lach scharecha harbeh me'od.

אאַחַ֣ר | הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם בַּמַּֽחֲזֶ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אַל־תִּירָ֣א אַבְרָ֗ם אָֽנֹכִי֙ מָגֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ שְׂכָֽרְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד:

15:2

Abram said, 'O Lord, God, what will you give me if I remain childless? The heir to my household will beDamascus Eliezer.' 
Vayomer Avram Adonay Elohim mah-titen-li ve'anochi holech ariri uven-meshek beyti hu Damesek Eli'ezer.

בוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֗ם אֲדֹנָ֤י יֱהֹוִה֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י וְאָֽנֹכִ֖י הוֹלֵ֣ךְ עֲרִירִ֑י וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק בֵּיתִ֔י ה֖וּא דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר:

15:3

Abram continued, 'You have given me no children. A member of my household will inherit what is mine.' 
Vayomer Avram hen li lo natatah zara vehineh ven-beyti yoresh oti.

גוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְרָ֔ם הֵ֣ן לִ֔י לֹ֥א נָתַ֖תָּה זָ֑רַע וְהִנֵּ֥ה בֶן־בֵּיתִ֖י יוֹרֵ֥שׁ אֹתִֽי:

15:4

Suddenly God's word came to him: 'That one will not be your heir! One born from your own body will inherit what is yours.' 
Vehineh dvar Adonay elav lemor lo yirashecha zeh ki-im asher yetse mime'echa hu yirashecha.

דוְהִנֵּ֨ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א יִירָֽשְׁךָ֖ זֶ֑ה כִּי־אִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵצֵ֣א מִמֵּעֶ֔יךָ ה֖וּא יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ:

15:5

He then took [Abram] outside and said, 'Look at the sky and count the stars. See if you can count them.' [God] then said to him, 'That is how [numerous] your descendants will be.' 
Vayotse oto hachutsah vayomer habet-na hashamaymah usfor hakochavim im-tuchal lispor otam vayomer lo koh yihyeh zar'echa.

הוַיּוֹצֵ֨א אֹת֜וֹ הַח֗וּצָה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַבֶּט־נָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה וּסְפֹר֙ הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֥ה יִֽהְיֶ֖ה זַרְעֶֽךָ:

15:6

[Abram] believed in God, and He counted it as righteousness. 
Vehe'emin b'Adonay vayachsheveha lo tsedakah.

ווְהֶֽאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽיהֹוָ֑ה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ לּ֖וֹ צְדָקָֽה:

15:7

Sixth Reading
[God] said to him, 'I am God who took you out of Ur Casdim to give you this land as a possession.' 
Vayomer elav ani Adonay asher hotseticha me'Ur Kasdim latet lecha et-ha'arets hazot lerishtah.

זוַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֽוֹצֵאתִ֨יךָ֙ מֵא֣וּר כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים לָ֧תֶת לְךָ֛ אֶת־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ:

15:8

'O Lord, God,' replied [Abram], 'How can I really know that it will be mine?' 
Vayomar Adonay Elohim bamah eda ki irashenah.

חוַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה:

15:9

[God] said to him, 'Bring for Me a prime heifer, a prime goat, a prime ram, a dove and a young pigeon.' 
Vayomer elav kecha li eglah meshuleshet ve'ez meshuleshet ve'ayl meshulash vetor vegozal.

טוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו קְחָ֥ה לִי֙ עֶגְלָ֣ה מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת וְעֵ֥ז מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת וְאַ֣יִל מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ וְתֹ֖ר וְגוֹזָֽל:

15:10

[Abram] brought all these for Him. He split them in half, and placed one half opposite the other. The birds, however, he did not split. 
Vayikach-lo et-kol-eleh vayevater otam batavech vayiten ish-bitro likrat re'ehu ve'et-hatsipor lo vatar.

יוַיִּקַּח־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֗לֶּה וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִֽישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַצִּפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר:

15:11

Vultures descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. 
Vayered ha'ayit al-hapgarim vayashev otam Avram.

יאוַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם:

15:12

When the sun was setting, Abram fell into a trance, and he was stricken by a deep dark dread. 
Vayehi hashemesh lavo vetardemah naflah al-Avram vehineh eymah chashechah gdolah nofelet alav.

יבוַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ לָב֔וֹא וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה נָֽפְלָ֣ה עַל־אַבְרָ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת עָלָֽיו:

15:13

[God] said to Abram, 'Know for sure that your descendants will be foreigners in a land that is not theirs for 400 years. They will be enslaved and oppressed. 
Vayomer le-Avram yadoa teda ki-ger yihyeh zar'acha be'erets lo lahem va'avadum ve'inu otam arba me'ot shanah.

יגוַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־גֵ֣ר | יִֽהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם וַֽעֲבָד֖וּם וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה:

15:14

But I will finally bring judgment against the nation who enslaves them, and they will then leave with great wealth. 
Vegam et-hagoy asher ya'avodu dan anochi ve'acharey-chen yets'u birechush gadol.

ידוְגַ֧ם אֶת־הַגּ֛וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַֽעֲבֹ֖דוּ דָּ֣ן אָנֹ֑כִי וְאַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֥ן יֵֽצְא֖וּ בִּרְכֻ֥שׁ גָּדֽוֹל:

15:15

You shall join your fathers in peace, and you will be buried at a good old age. 
Ve'atah tavo el-avoteycha beshalom tikaver beseyvah tovah.

טווְאַתָּ֛ה תָּב֥וֹא אֶל־אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם תִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָֽה:

15:16

The fourth generation will return here, since the Amorite's sin will not have run its course until then.' 
Vedor revi'i yashuvu henah ki lo-shalem avon ha'Emori ad-henah.

טזוְד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה כִּ֧י לֹֽא־שָׁלֵ֛ם עֲוֹ֥ן הָֽאֱמֹרִ֖י עַד־הֵֽנָּה:

15:17

The sun set, and it became very dark. A smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between the halves of the animals. 
Vayehi hashemesh ba'ah va'alatah hayah vehineh tanur ashan velapid esh asher avar beyn hagezarim ha'eleh.

יזוַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה וַֽעֲלָטָ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר בֵּ֖ין הַגְּזָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה:

15:18

On that day, God made a covenant with Abram, saying, 'To your descendants I have given this land, from theEgyptian River as far as the great river, the Euphrates; 
Bayom hahu karat Adonay et-Avram brit lemor lezar'acha natati et-ha'arets hazot minehar Mitsrayim ad-hanahar hagadol nehar-Perat.

יחבַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֨תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת:

15:19

[the lands of] the Kenites, the Kenizites, the Kadmonites, 
Et-haKeyni ve'et haKenizi ve'et haKadmoni.

יטאֶת־הַקֵּינִי֙ וְאֶת־הַקְּנִזִּ֔י וְאֵ֖ת הַקַּדְמֹנִֽי:

15:20

the Hittites, the Perizites, the Rephaim, 
Ve'et-haChiti ve'et-haPrizi ve'et-haRefayim.

כוְאֶת־הַֽחִתִּ֥י וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּ֖י וְאֶת־הָֽרְפָאִֽים:

15:21

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Yebusites. 
Ve'et-ha'Emori ve'et-haKna'ani ve'et-haGirgashi ve'et-haYevusi.

כאוְאֶת־הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ וְאֶת־הַכְּנַֽעֲנִ֔י וְאֶת־הַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֖י וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִֽי: