Genesis 15
- 1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, and your very great reward.
- 2And Abram said, Lord God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
- 3And Abram said, To me you have given me no children. And one born in my house is my heir.
- 4And the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir. But he who shall come out from your own body shall be your heir.
- 5And he brought him out abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you are able to number them. And he said to him, So shall your descendants be.
- 6And he believed in the Lord. And he counted it to him for righteousness.
- 7And he said to him, I am the Lord that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.
- 8And he said, Lord God, by which shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- 9And he said to him, Take me a young cow 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.
- 10And he took to him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece one against another. But the birds he did not divide.
- 11And when the birds came down on the dead bodies, Abram drove them away.
- 12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And a horror of great darkness fell on him.
- 13And he said to Abram, Know for certain that your descendants shall be foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them. And they shall make them suffer four hundred years.
- 14And I will also judge the nation they shall serve. And afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- 15And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.
- 16But in the fourth generation they shall come here again. For the wrongdoing of the Amorites is not yet full.
- 17When the sun went down, and it was dark, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
- 18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.
- 19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
- 20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
- 21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Genesis 15 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAfter 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.
GIGAKJVAfter these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, and your very great reward.
KJVAnd Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
GIGAKJVAnd Abram said, Lord God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
KJVAnd Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
GIGAKJVAnd Abram said, To me you have given me no children. And one born in my house is my heir.
KJVAnd, 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir. But he who shall come out from your own body shall be your heir.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he brought him out abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you are able to number them. And he said to him, So shall your descendants be.
KJVAnd he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
GIGAKJVAnd he believed in the Lord. And he counted it to him for righteousness.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he said to him, I am the Lord that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.
KJVAnd he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
GIGAKJVAnd he said, Lord God, by which shall I know that I shall inherit it?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he said to him, Take me a young cow 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he took to him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece one against another. But the birds he did not divide.
KJVAnd when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
GIGAKJVAnd when the birds came down on the dead bodies, Abram drove them away.
KJVAnd when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
GIGAKJVAnd when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And a horror of great darkness fell on him.
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd he said to Abram, Know for certain that your descendants shall be foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them. And they shall make them suffer four hundred years.
KJVAnd also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
GIGAKJVAnd I will also judge the nation they shall serve. And afterward shall they come out with great substance.
KJVAnd thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.
KJVBut in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
GIGAKJVBut in the fourth generation they shall come here again. For the wrongdoing of the Amorites is not yet full.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVWhen the sun went down, and it was dark, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
KJVIn 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:
GIGAKJVIn the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.
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