Ġenesi 15: 5-12, 17-18
15:5 | And he brought him outside, u qallu, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.” |
15:6 | Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. |
15:7 | U qallu, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.” |
15:8 | Imma qal, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?” |
15:9 | And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.” |
15:10 | Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide. |
15:11 | And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. |
15:12 | And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him. |
15:17 | Imbagħad, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions. |
15:18 | On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, qal: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates: |
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