5. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou art able to number them: and he said to him, So shall thy seed be.
6. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7. And he said to him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8. And he said, Lord GOD, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9. And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
10. And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.
11. And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13. And he said to Abram, Know certainly that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14. And also that nation which they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.