Genesis 15:7-17

7He also said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

8But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?”

9He said to him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

10So he brought all these to him, cut them in half, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

11Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

13Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.

14However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions.

15But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

16In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”

17When the sun had set and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the divided animals.