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And he said, Lord GOD, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
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And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.
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And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, 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 to Abram, Know certainly 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;
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And also that nation which they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
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And it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
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In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: