1After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.
2And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3Again Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: wherefore lo, a servant of mine house shall be mine heir.
4Then behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but one that shall come out of thine own bowels, he shall be thine heir.
5Moreover he brought him forth and said, Look up now unto heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6And Abram believed the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousness.
7Again he said unto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Ur, of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8And he said, O Lord God, Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9Then 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, a turtle dove also and a pigeon.
10So he took all these unto him, and divided them in the midst, and laid every piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11Then fowls fell on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12And when the sun went down, there fell an heavy sleep unto Abram: and lo, a very fearful darkness fell upon him.
13Then he said to Abram, Know for a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, four hundred years, and shall serve them: and they entreat them evil.
14Notwithstanding, the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15But thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
16And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full.
17Also when the sun went down, there was a darkness: and behold, a smoking furnace, and a firebrand, which went between those pieces.
18In that 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 Euphrates.
19Then Kenites, and the Kenezzites, and the Kadmonites,
20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.