5. And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be."
6. Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
7. And He said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it."
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.