Afterthesethingsthe wordof the LORDcameuntoAbramin a vision, saying, Fearnot, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceedinggreatreward. And Abramsaid, LordGOD, whatwilt thou giveme, seeing Igochildless, and the stewardof my house is thisEliezerof Damascus? And Abramsaid, Behold, to me thou hast givennoseed: and, lo, one bornin my houseis mine heir. And, behold, the wordof the LORD came untohim, saying, Thisshall notbe thine heir; buthe thatshall come forthout of thine own bowelsshall be thine heir. And he brought him forthabroad, and said, Looknowtoward heaven, and tellthe stars, ifthou be ableto numberthem: and he saidunto him, Soshall thy seedbe. And he believedin the LORD; and he countedit to him for righteousness. And he saiduntohim, I am the LORDthatbroughtthee out of Urof the Chaldees, to givethee thislandto inheritit. And he said, LordGOD, wherebyshall I knowthatI shall inheritit? And he saiduntohim, Takeme an heiferof three years old, and a she goatof three years old, and a ramof three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he tookunto him allthese, and dividedthem in the midst, and laideachpieceone againstanother: but the birdsdividedhe not. And when the fowlscame downuponthe carcasses, Abramdrove them away. And when the sunwas going down, a deep sleepfelluponAbram; and, lo, a horrorof greatdarknessfelluponhim. And he saidunto Abram, Know of a suretythatthy seedshall bea strangerin a land that is nottheirs, and shall servethem; and they shall afflictthem fourhundredyears; And alsothat nation, whomthey shall serve, will Ijudge: and afterwardshall they come outwith greatsubstance. And thoushalt gotothy fathersin peace; thou shalt be buriedin a goodold age. But in the fourthgenerationthey shall come hither again: forthe iniquityof the Amorites is notyetfull. And it came to pass, that, when the sunwent down, and it wasdark, beholda smokingfurnace, and a burninglampthatpassedbetweenthosepieces. In the samedaythe LORDmadea covenantwithAbram, saying, Unto thy seedhave I giventhisland, from the riverof Egyptuntothe greatriver, the riverEuphrates: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.