King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

KJVu: 1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram . I am your shield, and your exceedingly great reward. "

KJV:   2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

KJVu: 2 And Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? "

Notes: "Steward" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H1121 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "Genesis 15:2 son of possession, i.e. heir.

KJV:   3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and , lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

KJVu: 3 Then Abram said, "Behold, you have given me no child, and one born in my house is my heir. "

KJV:   4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir ; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

KJVu: 4 Behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "He shall not be your heir , but he that shall come forth as your own offspring shall be your heir. "

Notes: "Bowels" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H4578 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "source of procreation: אשׁר יצא ׳מִמּ (said of offspring) Genesis 15:4.

KJV:   5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

KJVu: 5 And he brought him outside, and said, "Now look toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them ." Then he said to him, "So shall your descendants be. "

Notes:

KJV:   6 And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

KJVu: 6 He believed in the LORD , and he counted it to him for righteousness.

KJV:   7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

KJVu: 7 And he said to him, "I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it. "

KJV:   8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

KJVu: 8 But he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? "

Notes: "Whereby" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H4100 with a Strong’s definition of "what? how? anything.

KJV:   9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

KJVu: 9 And he said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a she goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon. "

KJV:   10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but the birds divided he not.

KJVu: 10 He took all these to him, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece one against another , but the birds he did not divide.

KJV:   11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

KJVu: 11 When the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

Notes: "Fowls" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5861 with a Strong’s definition of "a bird of prey.

KJV:   12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and , lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

KJVu: 12 Then when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram , and behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

KJV:   13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them four hundred years ;

KJVu: 13 And he said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them , and they shall afflict them 400 years .

Notes: "Surety" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3045 with a Strong’s definition of "acknowledge, acquainted with, advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, A primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow) — acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.

KJV:   14 And also that nation , whom they shall serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

KJVu: 14 Also the nation whom they shall serve, I will judge , and afterward they shall depart with great possessions.

Notes: "Come Out" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3318 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "after, appear, assuredly, bear out, begotten, break out, bring forth out, up, A primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. — X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter..

KJV:   15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

KJVu: 15 And you shall go to your fathers in peace . You shall be buried at a good old age.

KJV:   16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

KJVu: 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again , for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."

Notes:

KJV:   18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates :

KJVu: 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates .

KJV:   19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

KJVu: 19 The Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

KJV:   20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

KJVu: 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaims,

KJV:   21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

KJVu: 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. "