8. He said, "O Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?"
9. So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
10. Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds.
11. The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12. Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.
13. God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years.
14. But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions.
15. As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.