¹His itaque transactis,And so, these things having been transacted,factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens:the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying:Noli timere,“Do not be afraid,Abram:Abram,ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”

¹His itaque transactis,And so, these things having been transacted,factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens:the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying:Noli timere,“Do not be afraid,Abram:Abram,ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”

²Dixitque Abram:And Abram said:Domine Deus,“Lord God,quid dabis mihi?what will you give to me?ego vadam absque liberis,I may go without children.et filius procuratoris domus meæ iste Damascus Eliezer.And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”

²Dixitque Abram:And Abram said:Domine Deus,“Lord God,quid dabis mihi?what will you give to me?ego vadam absque liberis,I may go without children.et filius procuratoris domus meæ iste Damascus Eliezer.And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”

³Addiditque Abram:And Abram added:Mihi autem non dedisti semen,“Yet to me you have not given offspring.et ecce vernaculus meus,And behold,hæres meus erit.my servant born in my house will be my heir.”

³Addiditque Abram:And Abram added:Mihi autem non dedisti semen,“Yet to me you have not given offspring.et ecce vernaculus meus,And behold,hæres meus erit.my servant born in my house will be my heir.”

⁴Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum,And immediately the word of the Lord came to him,dicens:saying:Non erit hic hæres tuus,“This one will not be your heir.sed qui egredietur de utero tuo,But he who will come from your loins,ipsum habebis hæredem.the same will you have for your heir.”

⁴Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum,And immediately the word of the Lord came to him,dicens:saying:Non erit hic hæres tuus,“This one will not be your heir.sed qui egredietur de utero tuo,But he who will come from your loins,ipsum habebis hæredem.the same will you have for your heir.”

⁵Eduxitque eum foras,And he brought him outside,et ait illi:and he said to him,Suspice cælum,“Take in the heavens,et numera stellas,and number the stars,si potes.if you can.”Et dixit ei:And he said to him,Sic erit semen tuum.“So also will your offspring be.”

⁵Eduxitque eum foras,And he brought him outside,et ait illi:and he said to him,Suspice cælum,“Take in the heavens,et numera stellas,and number the stars,si potes.if you can.”Et dixit ei:And he said to him,Sic erit semen tuum.“So also will your offspring be.”

⁶Credidit Abram Deo,Abram believed God,et reputatum est illi ad justitiam.and it was reputed to him unto justice.

⁶Credidit Abram Deo,Abram believed God,et reputatum est illi ad justitiam.and it was reputed to him unto justice.

⁷Dixitque ad eum:And he said to him,Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldæorum ut darem tibi terram istam,“I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land,et possideres eam.and so that you would possess it.”

⁷Dixitque ad eum:And he said to him,Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldæorum ut darem tibi terram istam,“I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land,et possideres eam.and so that you would possess it.”

⁸At ille ait:But he said,Domine Deus,“Lord God,unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam?in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”

⁸At ille ait:But he said,Domine Deus,“Lord God,unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam?in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”

⁹Et respondens Dominus: Sume,And the Lord responded by saying:inquit, mihi vaccam triennem,“Take for me a cow of three years,et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium,and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years,turturem quoque et columbam.also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”

⁹Et respondens Dominus: Sume,And the Lord responded by saying:inquit, mihi vaccam triennem,“Take for me a cow of three years,et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium,and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years,turturem quoque et columbam.also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”

¹⁰Qui tollens universa hæc,Taking all these,divisit ea per medium,he divided them through the middle,et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit;and placed both parts opposite one another.aves autem non divisit.But the birds he did not divide.

¹⁰Qui tollens universa hæc,Taking all these,divisit ea per medium,he divided them through the middle,et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit;and placed both parts opposite one another.aves autem non divisit.But the birds he did not divide.

¹¹Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera,And birds descended upon the carcasses,et abigebat eas Abram.but Abram drove them away.

¹¹Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera,And birds descended upon the carcasses,et abigebat eas Abram.but Abram drove them away.

¹²Cumque sol occumberet,And when the sun was setting,sopor irruit super Abram,a deep sleep fell upon Abram,et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum.and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.

¹²Cumque sol occumberet,And when the sun was setting,sopor irruit super Abram,a deep sleep fell upon Abram,et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum.and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.

¹³Dictumque est ad eum:And it was said to him:Scito prænoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua,“Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own,et subjicient eos servituti,and they will subjugate them in servitudeet affligent quadringentis annis.and afflict them for four hundred years.

¹³Dictumque est ad eum:And it was said to him:Scito prænoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua,“Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own,et subjicient eos servituti,and they will subjugate them in servitudeet affligent quadringentis annis.and afflict them for four hundred years.

¹⁴Verumtamen gentem, cui servituri sunt,Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve,ego judicabo: et post hæc egredientur cum magna substantia.and after this they will depart with great substance.

¹⁴Verumtamen gentem, cui servituri sunt,Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve,ego judicabo: et post hæc egredientur cum magna substantia.and after this they will depart with great substance.

¹⁵Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace,But you will go to your fathers in peacesepultus in senectute bona.and be buried at a good old age.

¹⁵Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace,But you will go to your fathers in peacesepultus in senectute bona.and be buried at a good old age.

¹⁶Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc:But in the fourth generation, they will return here.necdum enim completæ sunt iniquitates Amorrhæorum usque ad præsens tempus.For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”

¹⁶Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc:But in the fourth generation, they will return here.necdum enim completæ sunt iniquitates Amorrhæorum usque ad præsens tempus.For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”

¹⁷Cum ergo occubuisset sol,Then,facta est caligo tenebrosa,when the sun had set,et apparuit clibanus fumans,there came a dark mist,et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

¹⁷Cum ergo occubuisset sol,Then,facta est caligo tenebrosa,when the sun had set,et apparuit clibanus fumans,there came a dark mist,et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.

¹⁸In illo die pepigit Dominus fœdus cum Abram,On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram,dicens:saying:Semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Ægypti usque ad fluvium magnum Euphraten,“To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

¹⁸In illo die pepigit Dominus fœdus cum Abram,On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram,dicens:saying:Semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Ægypti usque ad fluvium magnum Euphraten,“To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

¹⁹Cinæos,the land of the Keniteset Cenezæos,and the Kenizzites,Cedmonæos,the Kadmonites

¹⁹Cinæos,the land of the Keniteset Cenezæos,and the Kenizzites,Cedmonæos,the Kadmonites

²⁰et Hethæos,and the Hittites,et Pherezæos,and the Perizzites,Raphaim quoque,likewise the Rephaim,

²⁰et Hethæos,and the Hittites,et Pherezæos,and the Perizzites,Raphaim quoque,likewise the Rephaim,

²¹et Amorrhæos,and the Amorites,et Chananæos,and the Canaanites,et Gergesæos,and the Girgashites,et Jebusæos.and the Jebusites.”

²¹et Amorrhæos,and the Amorites,et Chananæos,and the Canaanites,et Gergesæos,and the Girgashites,et Jebusæos.and the Jebusites.”