Genesis 15:9-19

1. 9 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.

2. 10 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.

3. 11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

4. 12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

5. 13 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;

6. 14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

7. 15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

8. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

9. 17 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.

10. 18 In the 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, the river Euphrates:

11. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

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