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Genesis 9-16 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 18:16, October 30, 2009
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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.
|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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|After all these happenings, the word of the [[YHWH|L<small>ORD</small>]] came to [[Abraham|Abram]] by means of a vision. He told him, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your Shield. Your reward will be absolutely tremendous."
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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?
|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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|Abram said, L<small>ORD</small> [[God]], what reward are you going to give me? I have no issue, and the manager and first-in-line of my estate is this [[Damascus|Damascene]], Eliezer."
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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.
|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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|Abram repeated: "Look, You haven't provided any children for me, and someone born in my household will inherit my estate."
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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.
|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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|Then behold, the word of the L<small>ORD</small> came to him again, to say, "This man will not inherit your estate. Instead, your biological son will inherit your estate."
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|Literally, "one that shall come forth out of your own inward parts," a [[Hebrew]] idiom for a biological son.
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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.
|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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|God brought Abram outside of camp, and said, "Now look up at the sky, and count the [[star]]s, if you can." And He told him, "That's how many descendants you'll have."
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|And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
|And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
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|And he believed the L<small>ORD</small>, and God reckoned that belief to Abram for justification.
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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.
|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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|Then He told him, "I am the L<small>ORD</small> That brought you out of [[Ur of the Chaldees]], to give you this land as an inheritance."
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|And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
|And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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|Abram said, "L<small>ORD</small> God, how do I know that I will 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.
|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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|He told him, "Take for me a three-year-old [[cattle|heifer]], a three-year-old nanny-[[goat]], a three-year-old [[sheep|ram]], 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.
|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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|Abram took all these animals to God. He split them in two down the middle and placed each piece end-to-end, but did not split the birds.
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|And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
|And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
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|When the vultures came down to attack the carcasses, Abram drove them off.
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|The [[Hebrew]] '''עית''' (''ayit'') literally means a swooping bird. It is probably the black vulture (''Gyps fulvus'') that is native to the region.
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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.
|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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|During sunset, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and then a terribly great darkness fell on 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;
|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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|Then God told Abram, "Learn this carefully:
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Your children will be foreigners in a land foreign to them,
: and will be slaves to the natives,
: and the natives will afflict them,
four hundred years.
|Another introversion. The "four hundred years" is a rough estimate of the total time that Abraham and/or any of his descendants spent in a land that could not be said to be their own. The actual time span is 430 years; see Exodus 12:40-41. That span began with Abram's departure from Haran.
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|And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
|And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
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|Then I will judge that ethnic group of whom they will be slaves, and afterward they will leave that land with great wealth.
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|And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
|And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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|You will die in peace and be buried in a ripe 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.
|But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
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|but in the fourth generation they will come here again, because the evil doings of the [[Amorites]] are not yet complete."
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|In fact, [[Moses]] was in the fourth generation of [[Israel]]ites in [[Egypt]]. His line of descent runs from [[Levi]] to [[Kohath]] to [[Amram]] and then to himself, four generations.
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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.
|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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|And so it was, when the sun set, and darkness fell, one might have seen something like a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passing between the cut animal pieces.
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|The usual procedure for a covenant called for the parties to split an animal, lay the pieces opposite one another, and walk between them, as if to say that either one would have the right to execute the other in that fashion if he stood in violation. In this case, God Himself picked up the sleeping Abram and carried him between the 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:
|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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|In that very day the L<small>ORD</small> made a covenant with Abram. He said, "To your children I have given this land, from the [[Nile]] River to the great [[Euphrates River]],
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|The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
|The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
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|including the lands of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
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|And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
|And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
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|the [[Hittites]], the Perizzites, the Rephaims,
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|And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
|And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
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|the [[Amorites]], the [[Canaan (land)|Canaanites]], the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
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==Chapter 16==
==Chapter 16==