After these
things
athe word
of the LORD
came
to Abram
in a vision
, saying
, " bDo not fear
, Abram
, I am ca shield
to you; 1Your dreward
shall be very
great
."
Abram said
, "O Lord
1GOD
, what
will You give
me, since I 2am
childless
, and the 3heir
of my house
is Eliezer
of Damascus
?"
And Abram said
, " 1Since
You have given
no
2offspring
to me, 3one
aborn
in my house
is my heir
."
Then behold, the word
of the LORD
came to him, saying
, "This
man will not be your heir
; abut one who
will come
forth
from your own 1body
, he shall be your heir
."
And He took him outside
and said
, "Now
look
toward the heavens
, and acount
the stars
, if
you are able
to count
them." And He said
to him, " bSo
shall your 1descendants
be."
aThen he believed in the LORD
; and He reckoned
it to him as righteousness
.
And He said to him, "I am the LORD
who
brought
you out of aUr
of the Chaldeans
, to bgive
you this
land
to 1possess
it."
He said, "O Lord
1GOD
, ahow
may I know
that I will 2possess
it?"
So He said to him, " 1Bring
Me a three
year
old
heifer
, and a three
year
old
female
goat
, and a three
year
old
ram
, and a turtledove
, and a young
pigeon
."
Then he 1brought all
these
to Him and acut
them 2in two
, and laid
each
half
opposite
the other
; but he bdid not cut
the birds
.
The birds of prey
came
down
upon the carcasses
, and Abram
drove
them away
.
Now when the sun was going
down, aa deep
sleep
fell
upon Abram
; and behold
, 1terror
and great
darkness
fell
upon him.
God said to Abram
, "Know
for certain
that ayour 1descendants
will be strangers
in a land
that is not theirs
, 2where bthey will be enslaved
and oppressed
cfour
hundred
years
.
"But I will also judge
the nation
whom
they will serve
, and afterward
they will come
out awith 1many
possessions
.
"As for you, ayou shall go to your fathers
in peace
; you will be buried
at a good
old
age
.
"Then in athe fourth generation
they will return
here
, for bthe iniquity
of the Amorite
is not yet
complete
."
It came about when the sun
had set
, that it was very
dark
, and behold
, there appeared a smoking
oven
and a flaming
torch
which
apassed
between
these
pieces
.
On that day the LORD
made
a covenant
with Abram
, saying
, " aTo your 1descendants
I have given
this
land
, From bthe river
of Egypt
as far
as the great
river
, the river
Euphrates
:
athe Kenite and the Kenizzite
and the Kadmonite
and the Hittite and the Perizzite
and the Rephaim
and the Amorite and the Canaanite
and the Girgashite
and the Jebusite
."