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| 1 بَعْدَ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ صَارَ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى أَبْرَامَ فِي الرُّؤْيَا قَائِلاً: «لاَ تَخَفْ يَا أَبْرَامُ. أَنَا تُرْسٌ لَكَ. أَجْرُكَ كَثِيرٌ جِدًّا». | 1 After 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. |
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2 فَقَالَ أَبْرَامُ: «أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، مَاذَا تُعْطِينِي وَأَنَا مَاضٍ عَقِيمًا، وَمَالِكُ بَيْتِي هُوَ أَلِيعَازَرُ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ؟»  | 2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? |
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| 3 وَقَالَ أَبْرَامُ أَيْضًا: «إِنَّكَ لَمْ تُعْطِنِي نَسْلاً، وَهُوَذَا ابْنُ بَيْتِي وَارِثٌ لِي». | 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. |
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| 4 فَإِذَا كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلاً: «لاَ يَرِثُكَ هذَا، بَلِ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَحْشَائِكَ هُوَ يَرِثُكَ». | 4 And, 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. |
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| 5 ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُ إِلَى خَارِجٍ وَقَالَ: «انْظُرْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَعُدَّ النُّجُومَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَعُدَّهَا». وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هكَذَا يَكُونُ نَسْلُكَ». | 5 And 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. |
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| 6 فَآمَنَ بِالرَّبِّ فَحَسِبَهُ لَهُ بِرًّا. | 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. |
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| 7 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكَ مِنْ أُورِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ لِيُعْطِيَكَ هذِهِ الأَرْضَ لِتَرِثَهَا». | 7 And 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. |
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| 8 فَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ، بِمَاذَا أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَرِثُهَا؟» | 8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? |
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| 9 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «خُذْ لِي عِجْلَةً ثُلاَثِيَّةً، وَعَنْزَةً ثُلاَثِيَّةً، وَكَبْشًا ثُلاَثِيًّا، وَيَمَامَةً وَحَمَامَةً». | 9 And 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. |
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| 10 فَأَخَذَ هذِهِ كُلَّهَا وَشَقَّهَا مِنَ الْوَسَطِ، وَجَعَلَ شِقَّ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مُقَابِلَ صَاحِبِهِ. وَأَمَّا الطَّيْرُ فَلَمْ يَشُقَّهُ. | 10 And 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. |
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| 11 فَنَزَلَتِ الْجَوَارِحُ عَلَى الْجُثَثِ، وَكَانَ أَبْرَامُ يَزْجُرُهَا. | 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. |
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| 12 وَلَمَّا صَارَتِ الشَّمْسُ إِلَى الْمَغِيبِ، وَقَعَ عَلَى أَبْرَامَ سُبَاتٌ، وَإِذَا رُعْبَةٌ مُظْلِمَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ وَاقِعَةٌ عَلَيْهِ. | 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. |
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| 13 فَقَالَ لأَبْرَامَ: «اعْلَمْ يَقِينًا أَنَّ نَسْلَكَ سَيَكُونُ غَرِيبًا فِي أَرْضٍ لَيْسَتْ لَهُمْ، وَيُسْتَعْبَدُونَ لَهُمْ. فَيُذِلُّونَهُمْ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ. | 13 And 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; |
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| 14 ثُمَّ الأُمَّةُ الَّتِي يُسْتَعْبَدُونَ لَهَا أَنَا أَدِينُهَا، وَبَعْدَ ذلِكَ يَخْرُجُونَ بِأَمْلاَكٍ جَزِيلَةٍ. | 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. |
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| 15 وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَمْضِي إِلَى آبَائِكَ بِسَلاَمٍ وَتُدْفَنُ بِشَيْبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ. | 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. |
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| 16 وَفِي الْجِيلِ الرَّابعِ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى ههُنَا، لأَنَّ ذَنْبَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ لَيْسَ إِلَى الآنَ كَامِلاً». | 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. |
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| 17 ثُمَّ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَصَارَتِ الْعَتَمَةُ، وَإِذَا تَنُّورُ دُخَانٍ وَمِصْبَاحُ نَارٍ يَجُوزُ بَيْنَ تِلْكَ الْقِطَعِ. | 17 And 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. |
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| 18 فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَطَعَ الرَّبُّ مَعَ أَبْرَامَ مِيثَاقًا قَائِلاً: «لِنَسْلِكَ أُعْطِي هذِهِ الأَرْضَ، مِنْ نَهْرِ مِصْرَ إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْكَبِيرِ، نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ. | 18 In 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: |
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| 19 الْقِينِيِّينَ وَالْقَنِزِّيِّينَ وَالْقَدْمُونِيِّينَ | 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, |
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| 20 وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالرَّفَائِيِّينَ | 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, |
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| 21 وَالأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْجِرْجَاشِيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ». | 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. |
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