Yahweh told Abram not to fear, and that he was Abram's shield and very great reward.
Abram was worried because he was still childless, and his steward was his heir.
Abram was worried because he was still childless, and his steward was his heir.
Yahweh said that one coming from Abram's own body would be his heir.
Yahweh said that Abram would have descendants as numerous as the stars.
Abram believed Yahweh, and Yahweh counted it to Abram as righteousness.
Abram asked Yahweh, "How will I know that I will inherit it"?
Abram cut the animals in two and placed each half opposite the other.
When the sun was going down Abram fell sound asleep and a deep and terrifying darkness overwhelmed him.
Yahweh told Abram his descendants would be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Yahweh said that he would judge that nation.
Yahweh said that Abram would die in peace at a good old age.
The sin of the Amorites would reach its limit before Abram's descendants returned.
A smoking fire pot and flaming torch passed between the pieces of the animals.
Yahweh made a covenant with Abram that he would give this land to Abram's descendants.
Yahweh made a covenant with Abram that he would give this land to Abram's descendants.
Yahweh made a covenant with Abram that he would give this land to Abram's descendants.
Yahweh made a covenant with Abram that he would give this land to Abram's descendants.