1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."
2 But Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?"
3 And Abram said, "Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir."
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, "This man shall not be your heir; your own son shall be your heir."
5 And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
6 And he believed the LORD; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
7 And he said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chalde'ans, to give you this land to possess."
8 But he said, "O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?"
9 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
10 And he brought him all these, cut them in two, and laid each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
11 And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him.
13 Then the LORD said to Abram, "Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be slaves there, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years;
14 but I will bring judgment on the nation which they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
15 As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphra'tes,
19 the land of the Ken'ites, the Ken'izzites, the Kad'monites,
20 the Hittites, the Per'izzites, the Reph'aim,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Gir'gashites and the Jeb'usites."
Versículos relacionados com Genesis, 15:
Chapter 15 of Genesis begins with God reaffirming his promise to give Abraham a large descent and a land to live. Abraham expresses his concern about this, and God makes a pact with him, symbolized by the sacrifice of animals. Abraham falls asleep and God gives him a prophetic vision of the future of his people. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Genesis 15:
Psalm 105:9-11: "He remembers forever from his covenant, the word he ordered, for a thousand generations, of the covenant he made with Abraham, of the oath he made to Isaac. He confirmed him as a decree to Jacob, as a covenant eternal to Israel ". This psalm speaks of the covenant God made with Abraham and how she was extended to her descendants.
Romans 4:3: "For what does Scripture say? Abraham believed in God, and that was credited to him as justice." This verse is a reference to the moment God made the promise of a great descent to Abraham, and he believed in God.
Hebrews 6:13-14: "When God made the promise to Abraham, as there was no one greater for whom he swore, he swore for himself, saying, I will surely bless you and multiply the descendants." This verse highlights the fact that God made a promise to Abraham and fulfilled her.
Galatians 3:16: "The promises were made to Abraham and his descendant. Scripture does not say," And the descendants, "wanting to mean many, but" and his descendant, "wanting to mean one, who is Christ." This verse highlights the importance of Abraham's descent and his relationship with Jesus Christ.
John 8:56: "Abraham, Father of Yours, rejoiced with the thought of seeing my day; He saw him and rejoiced." This verse speaks of the prophetic vision that God gave to Abraham, showing him the future, including the coming of Jesus Christ.
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