Genesis 15:1-21 talk about how God promise Abram many children and land. God make covenant with Abram, promising descendants as numerous as stars.
1. After these things, God talk to Abram for dream, say, “No fear, Abram. I go protect you, and your reward go big well well.”
2. But Abram reply, “Lord God, wetin you go give me, since I no get pikin? Na Eliezer, one man from Damascus, go inherit everything wey I get.”
3. Abram still talk, “You never give me pikin, so na my servant go take over everything wey I get.”
4. Then God tell am, “No be your servant go inherit your things. You go born pikin from your own body, and na him go be your heir.”
5. God carry Abram go outside, tell am, “Look for di sky. Count di stars if you fit. Na so your children dem go plenty reach.”
6. Abram believe wetin God talk, and God count am as righteousness for Abram.
7. God still talk, “I be di Lord wey carry you come out from Ur of di Chaldeans, so I go give you dis land to own am.”
8. Abram ask, “Lord God, how I go sabi say dis land go really be my own?”
9. God tell am, “Bring one three-year-old cow, one three-year-old goat, one three-year-old ram, one turtle dove, and one young pigeon.”
10. Abram bring all di animals come, cut dem into two, and arrange di pieces opposite each other, but he no cut di birds.
11. Some birds wey dey fly for sky come try chop di carcass, but Abram drive dem away.
12. As di sun dey go down, Abram sleep, and strong fear and darkness cover am.
13. God tell Abram, “Know say your descendants go be strangers for land wey no be their own. Dem go suffer and work as slaves for 400 years.
14. But I go punish di nation wey go enslave dem, and dem go come out with plenty wealth.
15. You go die peacefully and go rest well for your old age.
16. Your descendants go return here for di fourth generation because di sin of di Amorites never reach di level wey I go judge dem.”
17. When di sun set and darkness fall, one smoking pot and flaming torch pass between di pieces of di animals.
18. On that day, God make covenant with Abram, say, “I don give your descendants dis land, from di Wadi of Egypt to di big Euphrates River—
19. Di land of di Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20. Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21. Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
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