Lech Lecha 84

(1) Some time later, the word of יהוה came to Abram in a vision:
“Fear not, Abram,
I am a shield to you;
Your reward shall be very great.”(2) But Abram said, “O lord יהוה, what can You give me, seeing that I shall die childless, and the one in charge of my household is Dammesek Eliezer!”(3) Abram said further, “Since You have granted me no offspring, my steward will be my heir.”(4) The word of יהוה came to him in reply, “That one shall not be your heir; none but your very own issue shall be your heir.”(5) [Then in the vision, God] took him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them”—continuing, “So shall your offspring be.”(6) And he put his trust in יהוה, who reckoned it to his merit.(7) Then [God] said to him, “I am יהוה who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to assign this land to you as a possession.”(8) And he said, “O lord יהוה, how shall I know that I am to possess it?”(9) Came the reply, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young bird.”(10) He brought all these and cut them in two, placing each half opposite the other; but he did not cut up the bird.(11) Birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.(12) As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great dark dread descended upon him.(13) And [God] said to Abram, “Know well that your offspring shall be strangers in a land not theirs, and they shall be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years;(14) but I will execute judgment on the nation they shall serve, and in the end they shall go free with great wealth.(15) As for you,
You shall go to your ancestors in peace;
You shall be buried at a ripe old age.(16) And they shall return here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”(17) When the sun set and it was very dark, there appeared a smoking oven, and a flaming torch which passed between those pieces.

(1) After these things the word of the Lord came to Avram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Avram: I am thy shield; thy reward will be very great. (2) And Avram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eli῾ezer of Dammeseq? (3) And Avram said, Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed: and, one born in my house is my heir. (4) And, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir. (5) And He brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be 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-kasdim, 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 three years old, and a goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. (10) And he took to Him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half against the other: but the birds he divided not. (11) And the eagle came down upon the carcasses, and Avram drove them away. (12) And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Avram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. (13)And He said to Avram, Know surely 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, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterwards shall they come out with great substance. (15) And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. (16) But in the fourth generation they shall come back here, for the iniquity of the Emori is not yet full. (17) And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.