Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 15 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Μετά τα πράγματα ταύτα έγεινε λόγος Κυρίου προς τον Άβραμ εν οράματι, λέγων, Μη φοβού, Αβραμ· εγώ είμαι ο υπερασπιστής σου, ο μισθός σου θέλει είσθαι πολύς σφόδρα.
1 After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 Και είπεν ο Άβραμ, Δέσποτα Κύριε, τι θέλεις δώσει εις εμέ, ενώ εγώ απέρχομαι άτεκνος, ο δε κληρονόμος της οικίας μου είναι ούτος ο εκ Δαμασκού Ελιέζερ;
2 Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 είπε προσέτι ο Άβραμ, Ιδού, δεν έδωκας εις εμέ σπέρμα· και ιδού, οικέτης μου θέλει με κληρονομήσει.
3 Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
4 Και ιδού, λόγος Κυρίου έγεινε προς αυτόν, λέγων, Δεν θέλει σε κληρονομήσει ούτος· αλλ' εκείνος όστις θέλει εξέλθει εκ των σπλάγχνων σου, αυτός θέλει σε κληρονομήσει.
4 Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
5 Και έφερεν αυτόν έξω και είπεν, Ανάβλεψον τώρα εις τον ουρανόν και αρίθμησον τα άστρα, εάν δύνασαι να εξαριθμήσης αυτά· και είπε προς αυτόν, Ούτω θέλει είσθαι το σπέρμα σου.
5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6 Και επίστευσεν εις τον Κύριον· και ελογίσθη εις αυτόν εις δικαιοσύνην.
6 He believed in Yahweh, who credited it to him for righteousness.
7 Και είπε προς αυτόν, Εγώ είμαι ο Κύριος όστις σε εξήγαγον εκ της Ουρ των Χαλδαίων, διά να σοι δώσω την γην ταύτην εις κληρονομίαν.
7 He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 Ο δε είπε, Δέσποτα Κύριε, Πόθεν να γνωρίσω ότι θέλω κληρονομήσει αυτήν;
8 He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9 Και είπε προς αυτόν, Λάβε μοι δάμαλιν τριών ετών, και αίγα τριών ετών, και κριόν τριών ετών, και τρυγόνα, και περιστεράν.
9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10 Και έλαβεν εις αυτόν πάντα ταύτα, και διέσχισεν αυτά εις το μέσον, και έθεσεν έκαστον τμήμα απέναντι του ομοίου αυτού· τα πτηνά όμως δεν διέσχισε.
10 He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11 Κατέβησαν δε όρνεα επί τα πτώματα, και ο Άβραμ εδίωξεν αυτά.
11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 Περί δε την δύσιν του ηλίου, επέπεσεν έκστασις επί τον Αβραμ· και ιδού, φόβος σκοτεινός μέγας επιπίπτει επ' αυτόν.
12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
13 Και είπεν ο Κύριος προς τον Άβραμ, Έξευρε βεβαίως ότι το σπέρμα σου θέλει παροικήσει εν γη ουχί εαυτών, και θέλουσι δουλώσει αυτούς, και θέλουσι καταθλίψει αυτούς, τετρακόσια έτη·
13 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
14 το έθνος όμως, εις το οποίον θέλουσι δουλωθή, εγώ θέλω κρίνει· μετά δε ταύτα θέλουσιν εξέλθει με μεγάλα υπάρχοντα·
14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
15 συ δε θέλεις απέλθει προς τους πατέρας σου εν ειρήνη· θέλεις ενταφιασθή εν γήρατι καλώ·
15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
16 εν δε τη τετάρτη γενεά θέλουσιν επιστρέψει εδώ· διότι ακόμη δεν ανεπληρώθη η ανομία των Αμορραίων.
16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
17 Ότε δε ο ήλιος έδυσε και έγεινε πυκνόν σκότος, ιδού, κάμινος καπνίζουσα και λαμπάς πυρός ήτις διεπέρασε μεταξύ των διχοτομημάτων τούτων.
17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 Την ημέραν εκείνην έκαμε διαθήκην ο Κύριος προς τον Άβραμ, λέγων, εις το σπέρμα σου έδωκα την γην ταύτην, από του ποταμού της Αιγύπτου έως του ποταμού του μεγάλου, του ποταμού Ευφράτου·
18 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 τους Κεναίους, και τους Κενεζαίους, και τους Κεδμωναίους,
19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 και τους Χετταίους, και τους Φερεζαίους, και τους Ραφαείμ,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 και τους Αμορραίους, και τους Χαναναίους, και τους Γεργεσαίους, και τους Ιεβουσαίους.
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Eliezer of Damascus
A man of Damascus in Abram's household whom Abram named as the heir of his house while he remained childless.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 15:2
Places
Ur
Traditionally the southern Sumerian city (Tell el-Muqayyar) with its famous ziggurat, though some scholars argue for a northern Ur (location debated). Abraham set out from here.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7; Nehemiah 9:7
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 119:114; Psalm 84:11; Hebrews 13:5–6; Genesis 26:24
- 2 Genesis 25:21; 1 Samuel 1:11; Acts 7:5; Genesis 12:1–3; Genesis 44:1
- 3 Genesis 14:14; Proverbs 29:21; Ecclesiastes 2:7
- 4 Genesis 17:16; Galatians 4:28; 2 Samuel 7:12; Genesis 21:12; 2 Chronicles 32:21
- 5 Hebrews 11:12; Romans 4:18; Deuteronomy 1:10; Exodus 32:13; Genesis 22:17
- 6 James 2:23; Galatians 3:6–14; Romans 4:9; Romans 4:20–25; Romans 4:3–6
- 7 Genesis 12:1; Acts 7:2–4; Romans 4:13; Psalm 105:42; Genesis 13:15–17
- 8 Luke 1:18; Luke 1:34; 2 Kings 20:8; Isaiah 7:11; Psalm 86:17
- 9 Leviticus 14:22; Leviticus 14:30; Luke 2:24; Leviticus 3:6; Leviticus 3:1
- 10 Jeremiah 34:18–19; Leviticus 1:17; Genesis 15:17
- 11 Matthew 13:4; Psalm 119:13; Ezekiel 17:7; Ezekiel 17:3
- 12 Genesis 2:21; Job 33:15; Daniel 10:8–9; Acts 9:8–9; Job 4:13–14
- 13 Acts 7:6–7; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 12:40–41; Acts 7:17; Exodus 1:1–2
- 14 Nehemiah 9:9–11; Exodus 6:5–6; Exodus 12:32–38; Joshua 24:4–7; Exodus 7:1–14
- 15 Job 5:26; Genesis 25:7–9; 2 Chronicles 34:28; Numbers 27:13; Daniel 12:13
- 16 1 Kings 21:26; Daniel 8:23; Matthew 23:32–35; Exodus 12:40; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
- 17 Jeremiah 34:18–19; Judges 6:21; Jeremiah 11:4; Exodus 3:2–3; 1 Chronicles 21:26
- 18 Joshua 1:3–4; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 13:15; Deuteronomy 11:24
- 19 Numbers 24:21–22
- 20 Genesis 14:5; Isaiah 17:5
- 21 Exodus 23:23–28; Exodus 33:2; Genesis 10:15–19; Matthew 8:28; Exodus 34:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For Matthew the apostle-- knowing, as one and the same God, Him who had given promise to Abraham, that He would make his seed as the stars of heaven, and Him who, by His Son Christ Jesus, has called us to the knowledge of Himself, from the worship of stones, so that those who were not a people were made …
Here, indeed, is set down that sentence which the apostle quotes in order to commend the grace of God, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness;" lest the circumcision should glory, and be unwilling to receive the uncircumcised nations to the faith of Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For both Stephen saith, "Receive my spirit;" and Paul, "To depart and to be with Christ is far better;" and of the patriarch too the Scripture saith, that "he was gathered unto his fathers, being cherished in a good old age." And as to the proof, that neither can the souls of sinners continue here; hear the rich man making …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… last times was made visible and passible, and spake with the human race, that He might from the stones raise up children unto Abraham, and fulfil the promise which God had given him, and that He might make his seed as the stars of heaven, as John the Baptist says: "For God is able from these stones to raise up …
In the same vision, God in speaking to him also says, "I am God that brought thee out of the region of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it." And when Abram asked whereby he might know that he should inherit it, God said to him, "Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she-goat …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)