Genesis 15:8-17

New King James Version

⁸ And he said, “Lord God, ^(A)how shall I know that I will inherit it?”

⁹ So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰ Then he brought all these to Him and ^(B)cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut ^(C)the birds in two. ¹¹ And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹² Now when the sun was going down, ^(D)a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³ Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly ^(E)that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and ^(F)they will afflict them four hundred years. ¹⁴ And also the nation whom they serve ^(G)I will judge; afterward ^(H)they shall come out with great possessions. ¹⁵ Now as for you, ^(I)you shall ^[a]go ^(J)to your fathers in peace; ^(K)you shall be buried at a good old age. ¹⁶ But ^(L)in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity ^(M)of the Amorites ^(N)is not yet complete.”

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that ^(O)passed between those pieces.