1 After these things Yahweh’s word came
to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be
afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your
exceedingly great reward.”


2 Abram said, “Lord† Yahweh, what will
you give me, since I go childless, and he
who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of
Damascus?”


3 Abramsaid, “Behold, youhave givenno
children to me: and, behold, one born in
my house is my heir.”


4 Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him,
saying, “This man will not be your heir, but
he who will come out of your own body
will be your heir.”


5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said,
“Look now toward the sky, and count the
stars, if you are able to count them.” He
said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”


6 He believed in Yahweh, who credited it
to him for righteousness.


7 He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who
brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to
give you this land to inherit it.”


8 He said, “Lord Yahweh, how willI know
that I will inherit it?”


9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three
years old, a female goat three years old,
a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a
young pigeon.”


10 He brought him all these, and divided
them in the middle, and laid each half
opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the
birds.


11 The birds of prey came down on the
carcasses, and Abram drove them away