Genesis 15:3-21

3AbramH87 also saidH559, “1SinceH2005 You have givenH5414 me noH3808 2sonH2233, 3oneH1121 who has been 4bornH1121 in my houseH1004 isH3423 my heirH3423.” 4Then beholdH2009, the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came to him, sayingH559, “ThisH2088 man will not beH3423 your heirH3423; 5but one whoH834 will comeH3318 fromH3318 your own 6bodyH4578 shall beH3423 your heirH3423.” 5And He tookH3318 him outsideH2351 and saidH559, “NowH4994 lookH5027 toward the heavensH8064 and 7countH5608 the starsH3556, ifH518 you areH3201 ableH3201 to countH5608 them.” And He saidH559 to him, “8SoH3541 shall your 9descendantsH2233 be.” 610Then he believedH539 in the LordH3068; and He 11creditedH2803 it to him as righteousnessH6666. 7And He saidH559 to him, “I am the LordH3068 whoH834 broughtH3318 you outH3318 of 12UrH218 of the ChaldeansH3778, to 13giveH5414 you thisH2088 landH776 to 14possessH3423 it.” 8But he saidH559, “LordH136 15GodH3068, 16howH4100 may I knowH3045 that I will 17possessH3423 it?” 9So He saidH559 to him, “18BringH3947 Me a three-year-oldH8027 heiferH5697, a three-year-oldH8027 femaleH5795 goatH5795, a three-year-oldH8027 ramH352, a turtledoveH8449, and a youngH1469 pigeonH1469.” 10Then he 19broughtH3947 allH3605 theseH428 to Him and 20cutH1334 them 21in twoH8432, and laidH5414 eachH376 halfH1335 oppositeH7122 the otherH7453; but he 22did not cutH1334 the birdsH6833. 11And birdsH5861 ofH5861 preyH5861 cameH3381 downH3381 upon the carcassesH6297, and AbramH87 droveH5380 them awayH5380.

12Now when the sunH8121 was goingH935 down, 23a deepH8639 sleepH8639 fellH5307 upon AbramH87; and beholdH2009, 24terrorH367 and greatH1419 darknessH2825 fellH5307 upon him. 13Then God saidH559 to AbramH87, “KnowH3045 forH3045 certainH3045 that 25your 26descendantsH2233 will be strangersH1616 in a landH776 that is not theirsH1992, 27where 28they will be enslavedH5647 and oppressedH6031 for 29fourH702 hundredH3967 yearsH8141. 14But I will alsoH1571 judgeH1777 the nationH1471 whomH834 they will serveH5647, and afterwardH310H3651 they will comeH3318 outH3318 30with 31manyH1419 possessionsH7399. 15As for you, 32you shall goH935 to your fathersH1 in peaceH7965; you will be buriedH6912 at a goodH2896 oldH7872 ageH7872. 16Then in 33the fourthH7243 generationH1755 they will returnH7725 hereH2008, for 34the wrongdoingH5771 of the AmoriteH567 is not yetH5704H2008 completeH8003.”

17Now it cameH1961 aboutH1961, when the sunH8121 had setH935, that it was veryH5939 darkH5939, and beholdH2009, a smokingH6227 ovenH8574 and a flamingH784 torchH3940 appeared whichH834 35passedH5674 betweenH996 theseH428 piecesH1506. 18On that dayH3117 the LordH3068 madeH3772 a covenantH1285 with AbramH87, sayingH559, “36To your 37descendantsH2233 I have givenH5414 thisH2088 landH776, From 38the riverH5104 of EgyptH4714 as farH5704 as the greatH1419 riverH5104, the riverH5104 EuphratesH6578: 1939the land of the KeniteH7017, the KenizziteH7074, the KadmoniteH6935, 20the HittiteH2850, the PerizziteH6522, the RephaimH7497, 21the AmoriteH567, the CanaaniteH3669, the GirgashiteH1622, and the JebusiteH2983.”