2Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3Abram said, “Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
4Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So will your seed be.”And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
7He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9He 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.”And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.