The Cutting of the Covenant
1After these things the word of the
2But Abram said, “O sovereign
3Abram added, “Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
4But look, the word of the
5The
6Abram believed the
7The
8But Abram said, “O sovereign
9The
10So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.
11When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.
13Then the
14But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions.
15But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
17When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
18That day the
19the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”