13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain (A)that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and (B)they will be afflicted for (C)four hundred years. 14 But (D)I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward (E)they shall come out with great possessions. 15 As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; (F)you shall be buried in a good old age. 16 And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for (G)the iniquity of the Amorites (H)is not yet complete.”

17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

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