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"the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
"the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?"
"But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
"And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"
And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir."
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."
"Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.
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 passed between those pieces.
Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.