¹ After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying,—Do not fear Abram, I 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,—And lo! a son of my household, is mine heir!

⁴ 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—he 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, but 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 about 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, a 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.