Genesis 15:6-14

English Standard Version

⁶ And ^(A)he believed the Lord, and ^(B)he counted it to him as righteousness.

⁷ And he said to him, “I am the Lord who ^(C)brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans ^(D)to give you this land to possess.” ⁸ But he said, “O Lord God, ^(E)how am I to know that I shall possess it?” ⁹ He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰ And he brought him all these, ^(F)cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But ^(G)he did not cut the birds in half. ¹¹ And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹² As the sun was going down, a ^(H)deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³ Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain ^(I)that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and ^(J)they will be afflicted for ^(K)four hundred years. ¹⁴ But ^(L)I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward ^(M)they shall come out with great possessions.