Genesis 15:8-17

Leeser(i) 8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide. 11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him. 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they go out with great substance. 15 But thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then. 17 And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those pieces.