6. Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord was pleased with him.
7. The Lord said to Abram, “I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land.”
8. Abram asked, “Lord God, how can I know the land will be mine?”
9. Then the Lord told him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon.”
10. Abram obeyed the Lord. Then he cut the animals in half and laid the two halves of each animal opposite each other on the ground. But he did not cut the doves and pigeons in half.
11. And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.
12. As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and everything became dark and frightening.