1God encourageth Abram, who complaineth for want of an heir. 4God promiseth him a son, and a numerous seed. 6He is justified by his faith. 7The promise of Canaan is renewed, and confirmed to him by a sign and a vision.
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1After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a 1vision, saying, Fear not, 2Abram: I am thy 3shield, and thy exceeding 4great reward.
2And Abram said, Lord God, 1what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3And Abram said, 1Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, 2one born in my house is mine heir.
4And, behold, the word of the Lordcame unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but 1he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, 1and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, 2So shall thy seed be.
6And 1he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7And he said unto him, I am the Lord1that brought thee out of Ur of the 2Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8And he said, Lord God, 1whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9And 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.
10And he took unto him all these, and 1divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but 2the birds divided he not.
11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12And when the sun was going down, a 1deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13And he said unto Abram, 1Know 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;
14And 1also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15And thou 1shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16But in the 1fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity 2of the Amorites is3not yet full.
17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and aa burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, 1Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.