8. But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?
9. And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.
10. And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.
11. And the fowls came down upon carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12. And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.
13. And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.
14. But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.