Genesis 15:1–11 (UASV) — 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.” 2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord Jehovah, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Look, you have given me no offspring, and one born in my house is my heir.” 4 Then look, the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own inward parts, he shall be your heir.” 5 And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward the heavens, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 And he believed in Jehovah, and he credited it to him as righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, “I am Jehovah who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.” 8 And he said, Sovereign Lord Jehovah, “how am I to know that I shall inherit it?” 9 And he said to him, “Take for me a three-year-old heifer, and a three-year-old female goat, and a three-year-old ram, and a turtledove and a young pigeon.” 10 And he took him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half. 11 And the birds of prey came down upon the dead bodies, and Abram drove them away.