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.

After these things the word of the Lord came to Avram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Avram: I am thy shield; thy reward will be very great.

After these things, [the miracles wrought for him in vanquishing the kings, (Avram worrying that he might thereby have received his full reward)], the word of the L-rd came to Avram in a vision, saying: Do not fear, Avram; I am a shield [against punishment] for you [for the men that you have killed; and, as to your concern over having received your full reward], your reward is extremely great.

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.

And Avram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eli῾ezer of Dammeseq?

And Avram said: L-rd G-d, what will You give me? I go wasted, [without children], and the purveyor of my household, [who would otherwise, be my son,] is Eliezer of Damascus.

And Avram said: Behold, You have not given me children, and thus one of my household will be my heir.

And Avram said, Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed: and, one born in my house is my heir.

And Avram said: Behold, to me You have not given seed. [Of what avail, then, is all You have given me], when the son of my household [Eliezer] shall inherit me?

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.

And, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.

And, behold, the word of the L-rd (came) to him, saying: This one shall not inherit you, but one who issues from your loins — he will inherit you.

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.

And He brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to number them: and He said to him, So shall thy seed be.

And He took him outside [of his tent], and He said: Look, now, heavenwards, and count the stars if you can count them. And He said to him: Thus shall be your seed.

He believed in [the Word of] Adonoy, and this He accounted to him for righteousness.

And he believed in the Lord; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

And he believed in the L-rd, [not asking a sign for this as he did for the inheritance of the land (8)], and He accounted it [his not asking for a sign] unto him as righteousness.

He said to him: I am Adonoy who brought you out of Ur Kasdim, to give to you this land as an inheritance.

And He said to him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur-kasdim, to give thee this land to inherit it.

And He said to him: I am the L-rd who took you out of Ur Kasdim to give you this land to inherit it.

And he said: My Master, God, how will I know that I will inherit it?

And he said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

And he said: O L-rd, G-d, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

He said to him: Bring Me [Sacrifice before Me] three heifers, three goats and three rams, a dove, and a young pigeon.

And He said to him, Take Me a heifer three years old, and a goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

And He said to him: Take for Me three heifers, [intimating three bullocks: the bullock of Yom Kippur, the bullock of communal forgetfulness (Leviticus 4:13), and the bullock of the broken neck (Deuteronomy 21:4)], and three goats, [intimating the goat offered within (the holy of holies), the additional Festival goats, and the sin-offering goat of the individual (as opposed to that of the congregation)], and three rams, [intimating the confirmed guilt-offering, the suspended guilt-offering, and the sin-offering ewe of the individual], and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.

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.

And he took to Him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half against the other: but the birds he divided not.

And he took unto Him all these, [(the bullocks, rams, and goats, representing the nations; and the young doves, Israel)] and he split them [it being the custom of those entering into a covenant to split a beast and walk through the pieces, (G-d and Avram entering into a covenant here for Israel's inheritance of the land)], (… and he split them) in the middle, [(a sign that the nations would be destroyed)]. And he placed each piece opposite the other; but the birds he did not split [(a sign that Israel would remain "intact")].

Birds of prey [vultures] descended upon the carcasses, but Avram drove them away.

And the eagle came down upon the carcasses, and Avram drove them away.

And (predatory) birds swooped down upon the [pieces of the] carcasses, and Avram swept them away [(a sign that David the son of Yishai will seek to destroy them (the nations), but will not be permitted to do so, until the advent of the Messiah.)]

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Avram; and behold, a dread of deep darkness fell upon him.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Avram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

And the sun was about to set when a great sleep fell over Avram, and behold, a great dark fright [(intimating the woes and darkness of Israel's exiles)] descended upon him.

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.

And He said to Avram, Know surely 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;

And He said to Avram: Know shall you know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and they shall serve them and they shall afflict them, four hundred years [(from the birth of Isaac until the exodus)].

But also that nation whom they will serve I will judge; afterwards they will leave with great wealth.

and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterwards shall they come out with great substance.

And also [(including the four kingdoms)] the nation that they shall serve will I judge [with ten plagues], and afterwards they shall leave with great wealth [see Exodus 12:36].

You will join your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

And you will come to your fathers [(Terach repented of his idolatry)] in peace [not witnessing any of the above]. You will be buried in a good old age, [Ishmael repenting and Esav not turning to evil in his days].

The fourth generation will return here, for the sin of the Emorites will not be complete until then [now].

But in the fourth generation they shall come back here, for the iniquity of the Emori is not yet full.

And the fourth generation [of the Egyptian exile] shall return here [to Canaan (e.g., Calev, the son of Chetzron, the son of Peretz, the son of Judah was among those entering the land)], for the sin of the Emori would not have been consummated, [(justifying their being driven out of the land)] until then.

The sun set and it became very dark; and behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch had passed between these pieces.

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.

And it was, when the sun had set and it was dark, and, behold, a smoking furnace and a torch of fire that passed between these pieces [(intimating the descent of the kingdoms into Gehinnom)].

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.

In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Avram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Miżrayim to the great river, the river Perat:

On that day the L-rd made a covenant with Avram, saying: To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt until the Great River, the Euphrates [(called the "Great river" because of its being mentioned in conjunction with Eretz Yisrael)].

[The lands of] the Kenites [Shalmites], Kenizites, Kadmonites,

the Qeni, and the Qenizzi, and the Qadmoni,

The Keini and the Kenizi and the Kadmoni.

The Chittites, Perizites, the Refa’im [the mighty ones],

and the Ḥitti, and the Perizzi, and the Refa᾽im,

And the Chitti and the Perizi and the Refaim.

The Emorites, Canaanites Girgashites and Yevusites.

and the Emori, and the Kena῾ani, and the Girgashi, and the Yevusi.

And the Emori and the Canaani and the Girgashi and the Yevussi, [ten nations all told, although only seven were conquered. The Keini, the Kenizi, and the Kadmoni (Edom, Moav, and Ammon) were destined to be inherited in time to come (Isaiah 11:4)].