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8 But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
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8 But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
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9 So the LORD said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
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9 So the LORD said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
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10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
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11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
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12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
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12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
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13 Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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13 Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
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14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
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15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
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15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
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16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
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16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
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17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
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17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
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18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates--
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18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates--
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
