^{1 Ref} After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'

^{2 Ref} And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

^{3 Ref} And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

^{4 Ref} And lo, the word of Jehovah `is' unto him, saying, `This `one' doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

^{5 Ref} and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

^{6 Ref} And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

^{7 Ref} And He saith unto him, `I `am' Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

^{8 Ref} and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

^{9 Ref} And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

^{10 Ref} and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

^{11 Ref} and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

^{12 Ref} And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

^{13 Ref} and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

^{14 Ref} and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

^{15 Ref} and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

^{16 Ref} and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

^{17 Ref} And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

^{18 Ref} In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

^{19 Ref} with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

^{20 Ref} and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

^{21 Ref} and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'