## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 15

###### Onkelos Genesis 15:1
[Onkelos Genesis 15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:1)

בָּתַר פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין הֲוָה פִּתְגָּמָא דַיְיָ עִם אַבְרָם בִּנְבוּאָה לְמֵימָר לָא תִדְחַל אַבְרָם **מֵימְרִי תְּקוֹף לָךְ** אַגְרָךְ סַגִּי לַחֲדָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
After these events, the word of Adonoy came to Avram in a vision, saying: Fear not Avram, I am your shield [*My Word is your strength*], your reward is very great.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:2
[Onkelos Genesis 15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:2)

וַאֲמַר אַבְרָם יְיָ אֱלֹּהִים מַה תִּתֶּן לִי וַאֲנָא אָזֵיל בְּלָא וְלָד **וּבַר פַּרְנָסָא הָדֵין דִּבְבֵיתִי** הוּא דַּמַּשְׂקָאָה אֱלִיעֶזֶר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Avram said: My Master, God, what will You give me since I continue to be childless, and the manager of my household [*this supplier who is in my house*] is Eliezer of Damascus.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:3
[Onkelos Genesis 15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:3)

וַאֲמַר אַבְרָם הָא לִי לָא יְהַבְתְּ וְלָד וְהָא בַר בֵּיתִי יָרִית יָתִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And Avram said: Behold, You have not given me children, and thus one of my household will be my heir.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:4
[Onkelos Genesis 15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:4)

וְהָא פִּתְגָּמָא דַּיְיָ עִמֵּיהּ לְמֵימַר לָא יִרְתִנָּךְ דֵּין אֱלָהֵין **בַּר דְּתוֹלִיד** הוּא יִרְתִנָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Suddenly the word of Adonoy came to him, saying: That one will not be your heir; only he that will come from within your body [*a son that you will beget*] will be your heir.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:5
[Onkelos Genesis 15:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:5)

וְאַפֵּיק יָתֵיהּ לְבָרָא וַאֲמַר אִסְתְּכִי כְּעַן לִשְׁמַיָּא וּמְנֵי כּוֹכְבַיָּא אִם תִּכּוֹל לְמִמְנֵי יָתְהוֹן וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ כְּדֵין יְהוֹן בְּנָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [then] took him outside and said: Look towards the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them. He then said to him: So [numerous] will your descendants be.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:6
[Onkelos Genesis 15:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:6)

וְהֵימִין **בְּמֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ וְחָשְׁבַהּ לֵיהּ לְזָכוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He believed in [*the Word of*] Adonoy, and this He accounted to him for righteousness.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:7
[Onkelos Genesis 15:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:7)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אֲנָא יְיָ דִּאַפֵּקְתָּךְ מֵאוּרָא דְכַשְׂדָּאֵי לְמִּתַּן לָךְ יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא לְמֵירְתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to him: I am Adonoy who brought you out of Ur Kasdim, to give to you this land as an inheritance.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:8
[Onkelos Genesis 15:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:8)

וַאֲמָר יְיָ אֱלֹּהִים בְּמָה אִדַּע אֲרֵי אֵרְתִינַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And he said: My Master, God, how will I know that I will inherit it?


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:9
[Onkelos Genesis 15:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:9)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ **קָרֵב קֳדָמַי** עֶגְלִין תְּלָתָא וְעִזִּין תְּלָתָא וְדִכְרִין תְּלָת וְשַׁפְנִינָא וּבַר יוֹנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said to him: Bring Me [*Sacrifice before Me*] three heifers, three goats and three rams, a dove, and a young pigeon.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:10
[Onkelos Genesis 15:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:10)

**וְקָרֵב קֳדָמוֹהִי** יָת כָּל אִלֵּין **וּפַלִּיג יָתְהוֹן בְּשָׁוֶה** וִיהַב פַּלְגַיָּא פִּלּוּג לָקֳבֵל חַבְרֵיהּ וְיָת עוֹפָא לָא פַלִּיג:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He brought [*sacrificed*] all these to [*before*] Him; he split them in the middle [*into two equal parts*], and placed each piece opposite the other. The bird, however, he did not split.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:11
[Onkelos Genesis 15:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:11)

וּנְחַת עוֹפָא עַל פַּגְלַיָּא וְאַפְרַח יָתְהוֹן אַבְרָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Birds of prey [vultures] descended upon the carcasses, but Avram drove them away.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:12
[Onkelos Genesis 15:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:12)

וַהֲוָה שִׁמְשָׁא לְמֵיעַל וְשִׁנְתָא נְפָלַת עַל אַבְרָם וְהָא אֵימָה קְבַל סַגִּי נְפָלַת עֲלוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Avram; and behold, a dread of deep darkness fell upon him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:13
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וַאֲמַר לְאַבְרָם מִדַּע תִּדַּע אֲרֵי דַיָּרִין יְהוֹן בְּנָךְ בְּאַרְעָא דְלָא דִילְהוֹן וְיִפְלְחוּן בְּהוֹן וִיעַנּוּן יָתְהוֹן אַרְבַּע מְאָה שְׁנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And He [Adonoy] said to Avram: Know for sure that your descendants will be foreigners in a land that is not theirs. They will enslave them and oppress them [for] four hundred years.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:14
[Onkelos Genesis 15:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:14)

וְאַף יָת עַמָּא דִּיִפְלְחוּן בְּהוֹן דָּיִין אֲנָא וּבָתַר כֵּן יִפְקוּן בְּקִנְיָנָא סַגִּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But also that nation whom they will serve I will judge; afterwards they will leave with great wealth.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:15
[Onkelos Genesis 15:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:15)

וְאַתְּ תֵּיעוֹל לְוַת אֲבָהָתָךְ בִּשְׁלָם תִּתְקְבַר בְּסֵיבוּ טָבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You will join your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:16
[Onkelos Genesis 15:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:16)

וְדָרָא רְבִיעָאָה יְתוּבוּן הָכָא אֲרֵי לָא שְׁלִים חוֹבָא דֶּאֱמוֹרָאָה עַד **כְּעָן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The fourth generation will return here, for the sin of the Emorites will not be complete until then [*now*].


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:17
[Onkelos Genesis 15:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:17)

וַהֲוָה שִׁמְשָׁא עַלַּת וְקַבְלָא הֲוָה וְהָא תַנּוּר דִתְנַן וּבְעוּר דְּאֶשָּׁתָא דִּי עֲדָא בֵּין פַּלְגַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The sun set and it became very dark; and behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch had passed between these pieces.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:18
[Onkelos Genesis 15:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:18)

בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא גְּזַר יְיָ עִם אַבְרָם קְיָם לְמֵימָר לִבְנָךְ יְהָבִית יָת אַרְעָא הָדָא מִן נַהֲרָא דְמִצְרַיִם וְעַד נַהֲרָא רַבָּא נַהֲרָא פְרָת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
On that day Adonoy made a covenant with Avram, saying: To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the Euphrates.


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:19
[Onkelos Genesis 15:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:19)

יָת **שַׁלְמָאֵי** וְיָת קְנִזָּאֵי וְיָת קַדְמוֹנָאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[The lands of] the Kenites [*Shalmites*], Kenizites, Kadmonites,


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:20
[Onkelos Genesis 15:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:20)

וְיָת חִתָּאֵי וְיָת פְּרִזָּאֵי וְיָת **גִּבָּרָאֵי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The Chittites, Perizites, the Refa’im [*the mighty ones*],


###### Onkelos Genesis 15:21
[Onkelos Genesis 15:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/15:21)

וְיָת אֱמוֹרָאֵי וְיָת כְּנַעֲנָאֵי וְיָת גִּרְגָּשָׁאֵי וְיָת יְבוּסָאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The Emorites, Canaanites Girgashites and Yevusites.