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8 And he sayde: Lorde God, wherby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it?
9 He answered vnto hym: Take an heyffer of thre yere olde, and a she goate of thre yere olde, and a thre yere olde ram, a turtyll doue also and a yonge pigeon.
10 He toke therfore all these vnto him, & deuyded them in the myddes, and layde euery pece, one agaynst another. But the foules deuyded he not.
11 And whan the byrdes fell on the carcases, Abram droue them awaye.
12 And when the sunne was downe, ther fell a slomber vpon Abram. And loo, a darke and great feare fell vpon hym.
13 And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe thys of a suertye, that thy seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto them. And shall serue them, & they shall entreate them euell .iiij. hundred yeares.
14 But the nacyon whom they shall serue, wyll I iudge. And afterwarde shall they come out with great substaunce.
15 And thou shalt goo vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buryed in a good olde age:
16 But in the fourth generacyon they shall come hyther againe, for the wickednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.
17 And it came to passe that whan the sonne went downe, there was a dark cloude: beholde, ther was a smoking furnesse, & a fyre brande goinge betwene the sayde peces.