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And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir."
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Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
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And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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Then He said to him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."
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And he said, "Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?"
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So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
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Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.
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And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
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Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.
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Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
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And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions.