Genesis 15

Genesis 15 in full

King James Version, 21 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Gen 15:1

   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.

2. Gen 15:2

   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?

3. Gen 15:3

   And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

4. Gen 15:4

   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.

5. Gen 15:5

   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.

6. Gen 15:6

   And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7. Gen 15:7

   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.

8. Gen 15:8

   And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9. Gen 15:9

   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.

10. Gen 15:10

    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.

11. Gen 15:11

    And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12. Gen 15:12

    And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13. Gen 15:13

    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;

14. Gen 15:14

    And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15. Gen 15:15

    And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16. Gen 15:16

    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

17. Gen 15:17

    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.

18. Gen 15:18

    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:

19. Gen 15:19

    The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20. Gen 15:20

    And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21. Gen 15:21

    And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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Genesis 15 is part of Genesis, book 1 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 50 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.