上帝與亞伯蘭立約
1這些事以後，耶和華在異象中對亞伯蘭說：「亞伯蘭，你不要害怕，我是你的盾牌，我要大大賞賜你。」 2亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，你要賜我什麼呢？我沒有兒子，繼承我家業的人是大馬士革人以利以謝。」 3亞伯蘭又說：「你沒有賜我後裔，我家中的僕人將繼承我的產業。」 4耶和華對他說：「這人不會成為你的繼承人，你親生的兒子才是你的繼承人。」 5耶和華把亞伯蘭帶到外面，對他說：「你抬頭看看天空，數數繁星，你能數得盡嗎？」接著又對他說：「你的後裔必這麼多。」 6亞伯蘭信耶和華，耶和華便算他為義人。
7耶和華又對他說：「我是耶和華，我帶你離開了迦勒底的吾珥，為要把這片土地賜給你作產業。」 8亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎麼知道我會得到這片土地呢？」 9耶和華說：「你要給我預備三歲的母牛、母山羊和公綿羊各一頭，斑鳩和雛鴿各一隻。」 10亞伯蘭一一照辦，把牲畜都劈成兩半，一半對著一半地擺列，但沒有劈開鳥。 11有鷙鳥飛到那些屍體上，亞伯蘭趕走了牠們。
12太陽下山的時候，亞伯蘭睡得很沉，忽然有可怕的黑暗籠罩著他。 13耶和華對他說：「你要清楚知道，你的後裔必流落異鄉，被奴役和虐待四百年。 14但我必懲罰那奴役他們的國家，之後他們必帶著大量財物離開那裡。 15而你必享長壽，得到安葬，歸到列祖那裡。 16到了第四代15·16 「代」希伯來文可能指人一生的年日。，你的子孫必重回此地，因為亞摩利人現在還沒有惡貫滿盈。」
17太陽下山，夜幕降臨，突然有冒煙的火爐和點著的火炬在肉塊中經過。 18就在那天，耶和華跟亞伯蘭立約，說：「我必將這片土地賜給你的後裔，從埃及河一直延伸到幼發拉底大河， 19就是基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人、 20赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、 21亞摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人和耶布斯人的土地。」
Agano La Mungu Na Abramu
115:1 1Sam 3:10; 15:10; 2Sam 7:4; 22:3, 31; 1Fal 6:11; 12:22; Yer 1:8, 13; Eze 3:16; Dan 10:1; Mwa 21:17; 26:24; 46:3; 46:2; Rut 1:20; Hes 12:6; 24:4; Ay 33:15; Kut 14:13; 20:20; 2Fal 6:16; Hag 2:5; 2Nya 20:15-17; Za 3:3; 5:12; 18:2, 20; 37:25; 58:11; 28:7; 33:20; 84:11; 119:114; 144:2; 27:1; Isa 7:4; 41:10-14; 43:1, 5; Kum 33:29; Mit 2:7; 30:5Baada ya jambo hili, neno la Bwana likamjia Abramu katika maono:
“Usiogope, Abramu.
Mimi ni ngao yako,
na thawabu yako kubwa sana.”
215:2 Isa 49:22; Yer 44:26; Eze 5:11; 16:48; Mdo 7:5; Mwa 14:15Lakini Abramu akasema, “Ee Bwana Mwenyezi, utanipa nini na mimi sina hata mtoto na atakayerithi nyumba yangu ni huyu Eliezeri Mdameski?” 315:3 Mwa 24:2, 34; 12:5Abramu akasema, “Hukunipa watoto, hivyo mtumishi katika nyumba yangu ndiye atakuwa mrithi wangu.”
415:4 Gal 4:28Ndipo neno la Bwana lilipomjia: “Mtu huyu hatakuwa mrithi wako, bali mwana atakayetoka katika viuno vyako mwenyewe ndiye atakayekuwa mrithi wako.” 515:5 Ay 11:8; 35:5; Za 8:3; 147:4; Yer 30:19; 33:22; Mwa 12:2; Rum 4:18; Ebr 11:12; Kut 32:13Akamtoa nje na kusema, “Tazama juu kuelekea mbinguni na uhesabu nyota, kama hakika utaweza kuzihesabu.” Ndipo akamwambia, “Hivyo ndivyo uzao wako utakavyokuwa.”
615:6 Za 106:31; Rum 4:3, 20-24; Gal 3:6; Yak 2:23Abramu akamwamini Bwana, naye kwake hili likahesabiwa kuwa haki.
715:7 Mwa 12:1; 13:17; 17:8; 28:4; 35:12; 48:4; Kut 6:8; 20:2; Mdo 7:3; Ebr 11:8; Kum 9:5Pia akamwambia, “Mimi ndimi Bwana, niliyekutoa toka Uru ya Wakaldayo nikupe nchi hii uimiliki.”
815:8 Lk 1:18; Kum 12:20; 19:8Lakini Abramu akasema, “Ee Bwana Mwenyezi, nitawezaje kujua kwamba nitapata kuimiliki?”
915:9 Hes 19:2; Kum 21:3; Hos 4:16; Amo 4:1; 1Sam 1:24; Law 1:14; 5:7, 11; 12:8Ndipo Bwana akamwambia, “Niletee mtamba wa ngʼombe, mbuzi na kondoo dume, kila mmoja wa miaka mitatu, pamoja na hua na kinda la njiwa.”
1015:10 Yer 34:18; Law 1:17; 5:8Abramu akamletea hivi vyote, akampasua kila mnyama vipande viwili, akavipanga kila kimoja kuelekea mwenzake, lakini hata hivyo ndege, hakuwapasua vipande viwili. 1115:11 Kum 28:26; Yer 7:33Kisha ndege walao nyama wakatua juu ya mizoga, lakini Abramu akawafukuza.
1215:12 Mwa 2:21Wakati jua lilipokuwa linatua, Abramu akashikwa na usingizi mzito, giza nene na la kutisha likaja juu yake. 1315:13 Kut 1:11; 3:7; 5:6-14; 12:40; Ay 3:18; Kum 5:15; Mdo 7:6; Hes 20:15; Gal 3:17Kisha Bwana akamwambia, “Ujue hakika kwamba wazao wako watakuwa wageni kwenye nchi ambayo si yao, nao watafanywa watumwa na kuteswa kwa miaka mia nne. 1415:14 Mwa 50:24; Kut 3:8; 6:6-8; 12:25; 12:32-38; Hes 10:29; Yos 1:2; Mdo 7:7Lakini nitaliadhibu taifa lile watakalolitumikia kama watumwa, na baadaye watatoka huko na mali nyingi. 1515:15 Mwa 25:8; 35:29; 47:30; 49:29; Kum 31:16; 34:7; 2Sam 7:12; 1Fal 1:21; Za 49:19; 91:16; Kut 23:29; Yos 14:11; Amu 8:32; 1Nya 29:28; Ay 5:26; 21:23; 42:17; Mit 3:16; 9:11; Isa 65:20Wewe, hata hivyo utakwenda kwa baba zako kwa amani na kuzikwa katika uzee mwema. 1615:16 Kut 3:8, 17; 12:40; Mwa 28:15; 46:4; 48:21; 50:24; Law 18:28; Yos 13:4; Amu 10:11; Eze 16:3; 1Fal 21:26; 2Fal 16:3; 21:11Katika kizazi cha nne wazao wako watarudi hapa, kwa maana dhambi ya Waamori bado haijafikia kipimo kilichojaa.”
1715:17 Amu 7:16-20; 14:4-5Wakati jua lilipokuwa limezama na giza limeingia, tanuru la moshi na mwali wa moto unaowaka vikatokea na kupita kati ya vile vipande vya nyama. 1815:18 Mwa 2:14; 4:7; 12:7; 17:2-7; Kut 6:4; 34:10, 27; 1Nya 16:16; Za 105:9; Hes 34:5; Isa 27:12; Yos 15:4, 47; 1Fal 8:65; 2Fal 24:7; 2Nya 7:8; Yer 37:5; 46:2; Mao 4:17; Eze 30:22; 47:19Siku hiyo Bwana akafanya Agano na Abramu, na kumwambia, “Nitawapa wazao wako nchi hii, kuanzia Kijito cha Misri15:18 Kijito cha Misri hapa ina maana Wadi-el-Arish kwenye mpaka wa kusini wa Yuda. hadi mto ule mkubwa, Frati, 1915:19 Hes 24:21; Amu 1:16; 4:11; 5:24; 1Sam 15:6; 27:10; 30:29; 1Nya 2:55yaani nchi ya Wakeni, Wakenizi, Wakadmoni, 2015:20 Mwa 10:15; Kum 7:1; Mwa 13:7; 14:5Wahiti, Waperizi, Warefai, 2115:21 Mwa 10:16; Yos 3:10; 24:11; Neh 9:8Waamori, Wakanaani, Wagirgashi na Wayebusi.”
