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[1] After these thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde
[2] And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco
[3] And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire
[4] And beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym, saying, he shall not be thine heire: but one that shall come out of thine own bowels shalbe thine heire
[5] And he brought hym out, and sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And he sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy seede be
[6] And [Abram] beleued the Lord, & that counted he to hym for righteousnesse
[7] And agayne he saide vnto him: I am the Lorde that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to geue thee this lande, & that thou myghtest inherite it
[8] And he sayde: Lorde God wherby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it
[9] He aunswered vnto hym: Take an Heyfer of three yere olde, & a she Goate of three yere olde, and a three yere olde Ramme, a turtle Doue also, & a young Pigeon
[10] He toke therefore all these vnto hym, and deuided them in the middes, and layde euery peece one ouer agaynst another: but the birdes deuided he not
[11] And when the foules fell on the carkases, Abram droue them away
[12] And whe the sunne was downe, there fell a deepe sleepe vpon Abram: and lo, an horrour of great darknesse fell vpon hym
[13] And he sayde vnto Abram: Knowe this of a suertie, that thy seede shalbe a straunger in a lande that is not theirs, and shall serue them, and they shall entreate them euyll foure hundreth yeres
[14] But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substaunce
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good olde age
[16] But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full
[17] And so it was, that when the sonne went downe, and it was twylyght, beholde a smokyng furnesse and a fire brande goyng betweene the said peeces
[18] In that same day the Lorde made a couenaunt with Abram, saying: vnto thy seede haue I geuen this lande, fro the ryuer of Egypt, euen vnto the great ryuer, the ryuer of Euphrates
[19] The Kenites and the Kenizites, and the Cadmonites
[20] And the Hethites, and the Perizites, and the Giauntes
[21] The Amorites also, and the Chanaanites, and Girgasites, & the Iebusites
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