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And He said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of ^(j)Ur of the Chaldeans, to ^(k)give you this land to ^[j]possess it."

He said, "O Lord ^[k] God , ^(l)how may I know that I will ^[l]possess it?"

So He said to him, "^[m]Bring 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 ^[n]brought all these to Him and ^(m)cut them ^[o]in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he ⁽ⁿ⁾did 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, ^(o)a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, ^[p]terror and great darkness fell upon him.

God said to Abram, "Know for certain that ^(p)your ^[q]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, ^[r]where ^(q)they will be enslaved and oppressed ^(r)four hundred years.

But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out ^(s)with ^[s]many possessions.

As for you, ^(t)you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Then in ^(u)the fourth generation they will return here, for ^(v)the 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 ^(w)passed between these pieces.

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "^(x)To your ^[t]descendants I have given this land, From ^(y)the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

^(z)the 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."