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And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
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And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.
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And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
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But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.
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And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
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In that day Jehovah 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: