Verse 9

Genesis 15:9

New Living Translation

9 The LORD told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗י/ו קְחָ֥/ה לִ/י֙ עֶגְלָ֣ה מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת וְ/עֵ֥ז מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת וְ/אַ֣יִל מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ וְ/תֹ֖ר וְ/גוֹזָֽל

English Translation

And he said to me, "Take for me a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat and a three-year-old ram and a turtle dove and a young pigeon."

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Chapter 15 Context

1 Some time later, the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for... Focus ↗

2 But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son?... Focus ↗

3 You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.” Focus ↗

4 Then the LORD said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your... Focus ↗

5 Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you c... Focus ↗

6 And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith. Focus ↗

7 Then the LORD told him, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this l... Focus ↗

8 But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?” Focus ↗

9 The LORD told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old...

10 So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and lai... Focus ↗

11 Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away. Focus ↗

12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over hi... Focus ↗

13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign l... Focus ↗

14 But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealt... Focus ↗

15 (As for you, you will die in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.) Focus ↗

16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites... Focus ↗

17 After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass betw... Focus ↗

18 So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendant... Focus ↗

19 the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Focus ↗

20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Focus ↗

21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.” Focus ↗

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