And Abram said: See, to me
hast thou given to seed: lo, a lad born in my house shall be mine
heir. And behold, the word of the LORD spake unto Abram saying: He
shall not be thine heir, but one that shall come out of thine own
body shall be thine heir. And he brought him out at the doors and
said: Look up unto heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to
number them. And said unto him: Even so shall thy seed be. And
Abram believed the LORD, and it was counted to him for
righteousness. And he said unto him: I am the LORD that brought
thee out of Ur in Chaldea to give thee this land to possess it.
And he said: Lord GOD, {LORde God} whereby shall I know that I
shall possess it? And he said unto him: take an heifer of three
years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a three year old
ram, a turtle dove and a young pigeon. And he took all these and
divided them in the midst, and laid every piece, one over against
another. But the fowls divided he not. And the birds fell on the
carcasses, but Abram drove them away. And when the sun was down,
there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness
came upon him. And he said unto Abram: know this of a surety, that
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that pertaineth not unto
them.
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