{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Genesis",
 "chapter": 15,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "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?"
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness."
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?"
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "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;"
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "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:"
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,"
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,"
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
  }
 ],
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 "next": "/bible/genesis/16/",
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 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}