Suosittuja jakeita Raamatun kirjasta Genesis 15

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Abram trusted the LORD, and the LORD recognized Abram’s high moral character.

After these events, the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your protector. Your reward will be very great.”

Then he brought Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars if you think you can count them.” He continued, “This is how many children you will have.”

The LORD’s word came immediately to him, “This man will not be your heir. Your heir will definitely be your very own biological child.”

Then the LORD said to Abram, “Have no doubt that your descendants will live as immigrants in a land that isn’t their own, where they will be oppressed slaves for four hundred years.

But Abram said, “LORD God, what can you possibly give me, since I still have no children? The head of my household is Eliezer, a man from Damascus.”

That day the LORD cut a covenant with Abram: “To your descendants I give this land, from Egypt’s river to the great Euphrates

The fourth generation will return here since the Amorites’ wrongdoing won’t have reached its peak until then.”