After these things ^athe word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying,“^bDo not fear, Abram,I am ^ca shield to you;¹Your ^dreward shall be very great.” 2 And Abram said, “O Lord Yahweh, what will You give me, as I go on being childless, and the ¹heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “¹Since You have given no seed to me, behold, ²one ^aborn in my house is my heir.” 4 Then behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This one will not be your heir; ^abut one who will come forth from your own ¹body, he shall be your heir.” 5 And He brought him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and ^anumber the stars, if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “^bSo shall your seed be.” 6 ^aThen he believed in Yahweh; and He counted it to him as righteousness. 7 And He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of ^aUr of the Chaldeans, to ^bgive you this land to ¹possess it.” 8 And he said, “O Lord Yahweh, ^ahow may I know that I will ¹possess it?” 9 So He said to him, “¹Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he ¹brought all these to Him and ^asplit them into parts ²down the middle and laid each part opposite the other; but he ^bdid not split apart the birds. 11 Then the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 Now it happened that when the sun was going down, ^aa deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, ¹terror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that ^ayour seed will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, ¹and ^bthey will be enslaved and mistreated ^cfour hundred years. 14 But I will also judge the nation to whom they are enslaved, and afterward they will come out ^awith ¹many possessions. 15 As for you, ^ayou shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. 16 Then in ^athe fourth generation they will return here, for ^bthe iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

17 Now it happened that the sun had set, and it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which ^apassed between these pieces. 18 On that day Yahweh cut a covenant with Abram, saying,“^aTo your seed I have given this land,From ^bthe river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 ^athe Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite 20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim 21 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”