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Genesis 15:5-17

  1. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

  2. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

  3. And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

  4. And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

  5. And 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, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

  6. And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

  7. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

  8. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

  9. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

  10. And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

  11. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  12. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

  13. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.