The Covenant – Genesis – The Brick Bible

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Sometime later, the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward shall be very large."

1 of 14 Genesis 15:1

Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, you have given me no offspring, so Eliezer of Damascus, a slave from my household will be my heir."

2 of 14 Genesis 15:2

The word of Yahweh came to him, "This man will not be your heir. A son that's from your own body will be your heir."

3 of 14 Genesis 15:4

"Look up and count the stars if you can. So shall your offspring be."

4 of 14 Genesis 15:4

"I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur to give you this land to possess, from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates River—the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

5 of 14 Genesis 15:7, 19–21

Abram said to him, "Lord Yahweh, how can I know I will possess it?"

6 of 14 Genesis 15:8

Yahweh said to him, "Bring me a 3-year-old cow, a 3-year old she-goat, a 3-year-old ram, a turtle dove, and a young pigeon."

7 of 14 Genesis 15:9

So Abram brought him all these.

8 of 14 Genesis 15:9

And he cut them in half, putting each half opposite the other. But he did not cut the birds.

9 of 14 Genesis 15:9

Whenever birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

10 of 14 Genesis 15:10

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep.

11 of 14 Genesis 15:11

A terrifying darkness fell on him, and Yahweh said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be enslaved and oppressed for 400 years."

12 of 14 Genesis 15:12–14

"But I will certainly punish the nation they serve, and afterward they will leave with many possessions. As for you, you shall die in peace and be buried at a good old age."

13 of 14 Genesis 15:14–15

The sun had set and it was dark. And a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passed between the pieces of the animals.

14 of 14 Genesis 15:17

Hagar the Slave-Girl

Hagar the Slave-Girl