1After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

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Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:10, Psalms 119:114, Psalms 119:114, Psalms 84:11

2Abram said, "Lord God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

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Acts 7:5, Genesis 25:21, Acts 7:5, Genesis 25:21, Psalms 127:3

3Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

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Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:14, Proverbs 29:21, Proverbs 29:21, Ecclesiastes 2:7

4Behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."

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Genesis 17:16, Genesis 17:16, Galatians 4:28, Galatians 4:28, 2 Samuel 7:12

5The Lord 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 shall your seed be."

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Hebrews 11:12, Hebrews 11:12, Romans 4:18, Romans 4:18, Deuteronomy 1:10

6He believed in the Lord; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

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James 2:23, James 2:23, Galatians 3:6, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:6

7He said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."

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Acts 7:2, Acts 7:4, Genesis 12:1, Acts 7:2, Acts 7:4

8He said, "Lord God, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

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Luke 1:18, Luke 1:18, Luke 1:34, Luke 1:34, 2 Kings 20:8

9He 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."

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Leviticus 14:22, Leviticus 14:30, Luke 2:24, Leviticus 14:22, Leviticus 14:30

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

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Leviticus 1:17, Leviticus 1:17, Jeremiah 34:18, Jeremiah 34:19, Jeremiah 34:18

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

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Matthew 13:4, Matthew 13:4, Psalms 119:13, Psalms 119:13, Ezekiel 17:3

12When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

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Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:21, Job 33:15, Job 33:15, Daniel 10:8

13He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

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Acts 7:6, Acts 7:7, Acts 7:6, Acts 7:7, Exodus 1:11

14I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,

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Exodus 6:5, Exodus 6:6, Nehemiah 9:9, Nehemiah 9:11, Exodus 6:5

15but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

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Job 5:26, Job 5:26, Genesis 25:7, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 25:7

16In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

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1 Kings 21:26, 1 Kings 21:26, Daniel 8:23, Daniel 8:23, Matthew 23:32

17It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

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Jeremiah 34:18, Jeremiah 34:19, Jeremiah 34:18, Jeremiah 34:19, Judges 6:21

18In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Joshua 1:3, Joshua 1:4, Joshua 1:3, Joshua 1:4, Genesis 12:7

19the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

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Numbers 24:21, Numbers 24:22, Numbers 24:21, Numbers 24:22

20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

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Isaiah 17:5, Genesis 14:5, Isaiah 17:5, Genesis 14:5

21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

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Exodus 33:2, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 23:28, Deuteronomy 7:1, Exodus 34:11