⁸ But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,^(A) how can I know^(B) that I will gain possession of it?”^(C)

⁹ So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,^(D) a goat and a ram, each three years old,^(E) along with a dove and a young pigeon.^(F)”

¹⁰ Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;^(G) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.^(H)