1 After these things the word of LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram. I am thy shield, thy exceedingly great reward.

2 And Abram said, O lord LORD, what will thou give me, since I go childless. And he who shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

3 And Abram said, Behold, thou have given no seed to me. And, lo, a man born in my house is my heir.

4 And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but he who shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

6 And he believed in LORD, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

7 And he said to him, I am LORD who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 And he said, O lord LORD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 And he said to him, Take a heifer three years old for me, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle dove, and a young pigeon.

10 And he took all these for him, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half opposite the other. But he did not divide the birds.

11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 And he said to Abram, Know of a certainty that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs. And shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

14 And also I will judge that nation, whom they shall serve, and afterward they shall come out with great substance.

15 But thou will go to thy fathers in peace; thou will be buried in a good old age.

16 And in the fourth generation they shall come here 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 LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to 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.

1 After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.

2 And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne.

3 And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre.

4 And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.

5 And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be.

6 And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes.

7 And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.

8 And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it?

9 And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of .iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon.

10 And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not.

11 And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.

12 And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym.

13 And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares.

14 But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace.

15 Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age:

16 ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.

17 When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.

18 And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:

19 the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites

20 the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims

21 the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.