12 As the sun was setting, a deep sleep 15:12 Gn 2:21 came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
13 Then the Lord said to Abram, 15:13–14 Ac 7:6–7 "Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens 15:13 Ex 22:21; 23:9 for four hundred years 15:13 Ex 12:40; Gl 3:17 in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed. 15:13 Lit will serve them and they will oppress them14 However, I will judge the nation they serve, 15:14 Ex 6:6; 7:4; 12:12 and afterward they will go out with many possessions. 15:14 Ex 3:2215 But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 15:15 Gn 25:8; 47:30