Genesis 15:9–17

⁹He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” ¹⁰And he brought him all these, ⁿcut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But ^ohe did not cut the birds in half. ¹¹And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

¹²As the sun was going down, a ^pdeep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. ¹³Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain ^qthat your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and ^rthey will be afflicted for ^sfour hundred years. ¹⁴But ^tI will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward ^uthey shall come out with great possessions. ¹⁵As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; ^vyou shall be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for ^wthe iniquity of the Amorites ^xis not yet complete.”

¹⁷When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.