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¹ After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying, - Do not fear Abram, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.

² And Abram said My Lord Yahweh, what canst thou give me, when, I, am going on childless, - and the heir of my house, is Eliezer, of Damascus,³ And Abram said - Lo, to me, hast thou not given seed, - ⁴ And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir! And lo! the word of Yahweh came unto him, saying, This one, shall not be thine heir: But one who cometh forth of thy body - hell shall be thine heir.⁵ And he brought him forth abroad and said - Look steadfastly. I pray thee towards the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number, them, And he said to him, Thus, shall be thy seed.⁶ And he had faith in Yahweh, - so he reckoned it to him as righteousness.

⁷ And he said unto him, - I, am Yahweh, who brought thee forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.⁸ And he said, My Lord Yahweh, whereby, can I know that I shall inherit it?⁹ And he said unto him, Take for me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove and a young pigeon.¹⁰ So he took for him all these, and divided them, in the midst, and placed each piece over against its fellow, hut the birds, divided he not.¹¹ Then came down the birds of prey upon the carcass, and Abram drove them away.

¹² And it came to pass when, the sun, was shout to go in. and a deep sleep, had fallen upon Abram, lo! a terror a great darkness, was falling upon him.¹³ And he said to Abram - Thou must surely know, that, sojourners, will thy seed become in a land not theirs, and shall serve them and they will humble them, four hundred years;¹⁴ moreover also, the nation whom they will serve, I, am going to judge, and after that, shall they come forth with great substance.¹⁵ But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age.¹⁶ And, in the fourth generation, shall they return hither, - for not complete, is the iniquity of the Amorites, as yet,

¹⁷ So it came to pass when, the sun, had gone in, and Ira thick darkness, had come on, that lo there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these pieces.¹⁸ In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying, - To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river - the river Euphrates:¹⁹ the 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.