Jubilees 14

After these events, in the fourth year of that week, on the new moon of the third month, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a dream, saying, 'Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be exceedingly great.'

REF And after these things, in the fourth year of this week, on the new moon of the third month, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a dream, saying: 'Fear not, Abram; I am thy defender, and thy reward shall be exceeding great.'

He said, 'Lord, LORD, what will you give me? I remain childless, and the son of Maseq, the son of my servant — Eliezer of Damascus — you have given me no offspring.'

REF And he said: 'Lord, Lord, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and the son of Maseq, the son of my handmaid, is the Dammeseq Eliezer: to me Thou hast given no seed.'

God said to him, 'This man will not be your heir. One who comes from your own body — he will be your heir.'

REF And he said to him: 'This (man) shall not be thine heir, but one that shall come out of thine own bowels, he shall be thine heir.'

He brought him outside and said, 'Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you can.' He looked toward heaven and saw the stars. God said, 'So will your descendants be.' He believed the LORD, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

REF And He brought him forth abroad, and said unto him: 'Look towards heaven and number the stars, if thou art able to number them.' And he looked towards heaven and beheld the stars. And He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.' And he believed in the Lord, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

He said to him, 'I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you the land of the Canaanites to possess forever. I will be God to you and to your descendants after you.'

REF And He said unto him: 'I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee the land of the Canaanites to possess it for ever; and I will be God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.'

He said, 'Lord, LORD, how will I know that I will inherit it?'

REF And he said: 'Lord, Lord, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit (it)?'

God said to him, 'Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a pigeon.'

REF And He said to him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years, and a goat of three years, and a sheep of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a pigeon.'

He took all these in the middle of the month and was dwelling at the oak of Mamre, which is near Hebron.

REF And he took all these in the middle of the month, and he dwelt at the oak of Mamre, which is near Hebron.

He built an altar there and sacrificed all of them. He poured their blood on the altar, divided the animals in half, and laid the halves opposite each other. But the birds he did not divide.

REF And he built there an altar, and sacrificed all these; and he poured their blood upon the altar, and divided them in the midst, and laid them over against each other; but the birds divided he not.

Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away and did not let them touch the pieces.

REF And birds came down upon the pieces, and Abram drove them away, and did not suffer the birds to touch them.

When the sun set, a deep trance fell on Abram, and a dread of great darkness came upon him. It was said to Abram, 'Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land not their own. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.

REF And it came to pass, when the sun had set, that an ecstasy fell upon Abram, and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him, and it was said to Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land (that is) not theirs, and they shall bring them into subjection, and afflict them four hundred years.

But the nation they serve I will also judge, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

REF And the nation also to whom they will be in bondage will I judge, and after that they shall come forth thence with much substance.

You will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation they will return here, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet complete.'

REF And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation they shall return hither; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.'

He awoke from his sleep and got up. The sun had set, and there was a flame — a smoking furnace — and a flame of fire passed between the pieces.

REF And he awoke from his sleep, and he arose, and the sun had set; and there was a flame, and behold a furnace was smoking, and a flame of fire passed between the pieces.

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, 'To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates — the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Phakorites, the Hivites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.'

REF And on that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates, the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, the Phakorites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.'

The day passed, and Abram offered the divided animals and the birds with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and the fire consumed them.

REF And the day passed, and Abram offered the pieces, and the birds, and their fruit offerings, and their drink offerings, and the fire devoured them.

On that day we made a covenant with Abram, just as he had covenanted with Noah in this month. Abram renewed the festival and the ordinance for himself forever.

REF And on that day we made a covenant with Abram, according as He had covenanted with Noah in this month; and Abram renewed the festival and ordinance for himself for ever.

Abram rejoiced and told all these things to his wife Sarai. He believed he would have offspring, but she did not conceive.

REF And Abram rejoiced, and made all these things known to Sarai his wife; and he believed that he would have seed, but she did not bear.

Sarai counseled her husband Abram, saying, 'Go to my Egyptian maid Hagar. Perhaps I can build a family through her.'

REF And Sarai advised her husband Abram, and said unto him: 'Go in unto Hagar, my Egyptian maid: it may be that I shall build up seed unto thee by her.'

Abram listened to his wife Sarai and said, 'Do so.' Sarai took her maid Hagar the Egyptian and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife.

REF And Abram hearkened unto the voice of Sarai his wife, and said unto her, 'Do (so).' And Sarai took Hagar, her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to Abram, her husband, to be his wife.

He went to her, and she conceived and bore a son. He named him Ishmael, in the fifth year of that week — in the sixty-eighth jubilee.

REF And he went in unto her, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Ishmael, in the fifth year of this week; and in this year was the sixty and eighth jubilee.

Abram rejoiced and called his son Ishmael, because God had heard him.

REF And Abram rejoiced, and called his son Ishmael, because God had heard him.

In that year Abram was eighty-six years old.

REF And in that year Abram was eighty and six years old.

Abram offered all the firstfruits as a sacrifice pleasing to the LORD — acceptable and fragrant.

REF And Abram offered all the firstfruits, as a sacrifice pleasing to the Lord, acceptable and sweet-smelling.