Genesis 15:7-17

7Then He said to him, “I am Adonai who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans, in order to give you this land to inherit it.”

8So he said, “My Lord Adonai, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

9Then He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old young cow, a three year old she-goat, a three year old ram, a turtle-dove and a young bird.”

10So he brought all these to Him and cut them in half, and put each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.

11Then birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12When the sun was about to set and a deep sleep fell on Abram, behold, terror of great darkness was falling upon him!

13Then He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your seed will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.

14But I am going to judge the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will go out with many possessions.

15But you, you will come to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.

16Then in the fourth generation they will return here—for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

17When the sun set and it became dark, behold, there was a smoking oven and a fiery torch that passed between these pieces.