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
.
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
?
And Abram said
, Behold, to me thou hast given
no
seed
: and, lo, one born
in my house
is mine heir
.
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
.
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.
And he believed in the LORD
; and he counted
it to him for righteousness
.
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.
And he said, Lord
GOD
, whereby
shall I know
that I shall inherit it
?
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
.
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.
And when the fowls came down
upon the carcases
, Abram
drove them away
.
And when the sun was going down
, a deep sleep
fell
upon Abram
; and, lo, an horror
of great
darkness
fell
upon him.
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
;
And also that nation, whom they shall serve
, will I judge
: and afterward
shall they come out
with great
substance
.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers
in peace
; thou shalt be buried
in a good
old age
.
But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither
again
: for the iniquity
of the Amorites
is not yet
full
.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down
, and it was dark
, behold a smoking
furnace
, and a burning
lamp
that passed
between
those pieces
.
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
:
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites
, and the Kadmonites
,
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites
, and the Rephaims
,
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites
, and the Girgashites
, and the Jebusites
.