Through My Bible Yr 03 – March 07

0:00Genesis chapter 15 After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. He said, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield. You're a very great reward." Abram said, Lord God, What can you give me since I remain childless? And the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus. Abram also said, Look, you have given me no offspring, so a servant born in my house will be my heir. Just then the word of the Lord came to him. God said, This man will not be your heir, but instead one who will come out of your own body will be your heir. The Lord then brought him outside and said, Now look toward the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them. He said to Abram, This is what your descendants will be like. Abraham believed in the Lord and the Lord credited to him as righteousness. He said to him, I am the Lord who brought you out of the aura of the Caldeans to give you this land as a possession. He said, Lord God, how will I know

1:03that I will possess it? The Lord said to him, Bring me a half or three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtle dove, any young pigeon. Abram gathered all of these, divided them in half and laid the two halves across from each other, but he did not divide the birds in two. Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram, then terrifying deep darkness fell on him. The Lord said to Abram, Know this, your descendants will live as aliens in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve its people who will afflict them for 400 years. But I will surely judge the nation that they will serve. Afterward, your descendants will come out with great wealth, but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation, your descendants will come here again, because the guilt of the Amorites

2:04is not yet full. Then when the sun had gone down and it was dark, suddenly a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between the pieces. On that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, to your descendants, I have given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates. I will give you the territory of the Kenites, the Kennesites, and the Cadmenites, the Hittites, the Parasites, the Raphites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Gurgishites, and the Jebusites. You have been enjoying through my Bible in three years. To receive a daily email of these readings, visit www.wells.net slash subscribe. May God richly bless you, David.