1After[H310] these things[H1697] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]came[H1961] unto Abram[H87] in a vision[H4236], saying[H559], Fear[H3372] not, Abram[H87]: I am thy shield[H4043], and thy exceeding[H3966]great[H7235]reward[H7939].
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And Abram[H87]said[H559], Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], what wilt thou give[H5414] me, seeing I go[H1980]childless[H6185], and the steward[H1121] of my house[H1004] is this[H1931]Eliezer[H461] of Damascus?[H1834]
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And Abram[H87]said[H559], Behold, to me thou hast given[H5414]no[H3808]seed[H2233]: and, lo, one born[H1121] in my house[H1004] is mine heir[H3423].
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And, behold, the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto him, saying[H559], This shall not be thine heir[H3423]; but he that shall come forth[H3318] out of thine own bowels[H4578] shall be thine heir[H3423].
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And he brought him forth[H3318]abroad[H2351], and said[H559], Look[H5027] now toward heaven[H8064], and tell[H5608] the stars[H3556], if thou be able[H3201] to number[H5608] them: and he said[H559] unto him, So[H3541] shall thy seed[H2233] be.
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And he believed[H539] in the LORD[H3068]; and he counted[H2803] it to him for righteousness[H6666].
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And he said[H559] unto him, I am the LORD[H3068] that brought thee out[H3318] of Ur[H218] of the Chaldees[H3778], to give[H5414] thee this land[H776] to inherit[H3423] it.
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And he said[H559], Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], whereby[H4100] shall I know[H3045] that I shall inherit it?[H3423]
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And he said[H559] unto him, Take[H3947] me an heifer[H5697] of three years old[H8027], and a she goat[H5795] of three years old[H8027], and a ram[H352] of three years old[H8027], and a turtledove[H8449], and a young pigeon[H1469].
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And he took[H3947] unto him all these, and divided[H1334] them in the midst[H8432], and laid[H5414]each[H376]piece[H1335] one against[H7125]another[H7453]: but the birds[H6833]divided[H1334] he not.
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And when the fowls[H5861] came down[H3381] upon the carcases[H6297], Abram[H87] drove them away[H5380].
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And when the sun[H8121] was going down[H935], a deep sleep[H8639]fell[H5307] upon Abram[H87]; and, lo, an horror[H367] of great[H1419]darkness[H2825]fell[H5307] upon him.
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And he said[H559] unto Abram[H87], Know[H3045] of a surety[H3045] that thy seed[H2233] shall be a stranger[H1616] in a land[H776] that is not theirs, and shall serve[H5647] them; and they shall afflict[H6031] them four[H702]hundred[H3967]years[H8141];
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And also that nation[H1471], whom they shall serve[H5647], will I judge[H1777]: and afterward[H310] shall they come out[H3318] with great[H1419]substance[H7399].
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And thou shalt go[H935] to thy fathers[H1] in peace[H7965]; thou shalt be buried[H6912] in a good[H2896] old age[H7872].
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But in the fourth[H7243]generation[H1755] they shall come hither[H2008]again[H7725]: for the iniquity[H5771] of the Amorites[H567] is not yet[H2008]full[H8003].
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And it came to pass, that, when the sun[H8121] went down[H935], and it was dark[H5939], behold a smoking[H6227]furnace[H8574], and a burning[H784]lamp[H3940] that passed[H5674]between[H996] those pieces[H1506].
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In the same[H1931]day[H3117] the LORD[H3068]made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with Abram[H87], saying[H559], Unto thy seed[H2233] have I given[H5414] this land[H776], from the river[H5104] of Egypt[H4714] unto the great[H1419]river[H5104], the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578]:
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The Kenites[H7017], and the Kenizzites[H7074], and the Kadmonites[H6935],
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And the Hittites[H2850], and the Perizzites[H6522], and the Rephaims[H7497],
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And the Amorites[H567], and the Canaanites[H3669], and the Girgashites[H1622], and the Jebusites[H2983].