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Genesis 15:5וַיּוֹצֵ֨אAnd [YHWH] tookway·yō·w·ṣê
אֹת֜וֹhim’ō·ṯōw
הַח֗וּצָהoutsideha·ḥū·ṣāh
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ and said , way·yō·mer
נָ֣א“ Now
הַבֶּט־lookhab·beṭ-
הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָהto the heavenshaš·šā·may·māh
וּסְפֹר֙and countū·sə·p̄ōr
הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔ים the stars , hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm
אִם־if you’im-
תּוּכַ֖לare abletū·ḵal
לִסְפֹּ֣ר. . . . ”lis·pōr
אֹתָ֑ם-’ō·ṯām
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרThen He toldway·yō·mer
ל֔וֹ him , lōw
כֹּ֥ה“ So {shall}kōh
זַרְעֶֽךָ׃your offspringzar·‘e·ḵā
יִהְיֶ֖הbe . ”yih·yeh
Genesis 15:6וְהֶאֱמִ֖ןAbram believedwə·he·’ĕ·min
בַּֽיהוָ֑ה YHWH , Yah·weh
וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָand it was creditedway·yaḥ·šə·ḇe·hā
לּ֖וֹto himlōw
צְדָקָֽה׃as righteousness .ṣə·ḏā·qāh
Genesis 15:7וַיֹּ֖אמֶר[YHWH] also toldway·yō·mer
אֵלָ֑יו him , ’ê·lāw
אֲנִ֣י“ I’ă·nî
יְהוָ֗ה am YHWH , Yah·weh
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho’ă·šer
הוֹצֵאתִ֙יךָ֙brought youhō·w·ṣê·ṯî·ḵā
מֵא֣וּרout of Urmê·’ūr
כַּשְׂדִּ֔יםof the Chaldeanskaś·dîm
לָ֧תֶתto givelā·ṯeṯ
לְךָ֛youlə·ḵā
אֶת־-’eṯ-
הַזֹּ֖אתthishaz·zōṯ
הָאָ֥רֶץlandhā·’ā·reṣ
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃to possess . ”lə·riš·tāh
Genesis 15:8וַיֹּאמַ֑ר But [Abram] replied , way·yō·mar
אֲדֹנָ֣י“ Lord’ă·ḏō·nāy
יֱהוִ֔הYHWH , Yah·weh
בַּמָּ֥הhowbam·māh
אֵדַ֖עcan I know’ê·ḏa‘
כִּ֥יthat
אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃I will possess it ? ”’î·rā·šen·nāh
Genesis 15:9וַיֹּ֣אמֶרAnd [YHWH] saidway·yō·mer
אֵלָ֗יו to him , ’ê·lāw
קְחָ֥ה“ Bringqə·ḥāh
לִי֙Me
מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת-mə·šul·le·šeṯ
עֶגְלָ֣ה a heifer , ‘eḡ·lāh
מְשֻׁלֶּ֖שֶׁת-mə·šul·le·šeṯ
וְעֵ֥ז a goat , wə·‘êz
וְאַ֣יִל and a ram , wə·’a·yil
מְשֻׁלָּ֑שׁ [each] three years old , mə·šul·lāš
וְתֹ֖רalong with a turtledovewə·ṯōr
וְגוֹזָֽל׃and a young pigeon . ”wə·ḡō·w·zāl
Genesis 15:10וַיִּֽקַּֽח־So [Abram] broughtway·yiq·qaḥ-
כָּל־allkāl-
אֵ֗לֶּהthese’êl·leh
ל֣וֹto Himlōw
אֶת־ - , ’eṯ-
וַיְבַתֵּ֤רsplitway·ḇat·têr
אֹתָם֙each of them’ō·ṯām
בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ down the middle , bat·tā·weḵ
וַיִּתֵּ֥ןand laidway·yit·tên
בִּתְר֖וֹthe halvesbiṯ·rōw
לִקְרַ֣אתoppositeliq·raṯ
אִישׁ־each’îš-
רֵעֵ֑הוּother .rê·‘ê·hū
הַצִפֹּ֖ר The birds , ha·ṣip·pōr
וְאֶת־ however , wə·’eṯ-
לֹ֥אhe did not
בָתָֽר׃cut in half .ḇā·ṯār
Genesis 15:11הָעַ֖יִטAnd the birds of preyhā·‘a·yiṭ
וַיֵּ֥רֶדdescendedway·yê·reḏ
עַל־on‘al-
הַפְּגָרִ֑ים the carcasses , hap·pə·ḡā·rîm
אַבְרָֽם׃but Abram’aḇ·rām
וַיַּשֵּׁ֥בdrove them away .way·yaš·šêḇ
אֹתָ֖ם-’ō·ṯām