8. And he said, O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9. And 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.
10. And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.
11. And the birds of prey came down upon the carcases, and Abram drove them away.
12. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13. And he said unto Abram, Know 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;
14. and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15. But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16. And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
17. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
18. In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto 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.