Abram had a vision in which God told him not to fear because his reward would be very great. Abram questioned this because he didn't even have an heir. God replied that Abram would yet have a legitimate heir and his offspring would be as numerous as the stars, living in the land of Canaan. To confirm and guarantee this God carried out a covenant ritual with Abram involving the sacrifice of animals and birds. Amidst sleepiness and darkness God told Abram that his descendants would be enslaved in a foreign land (Egypt) for 400 years after which they would be released with great wealth. Then a theophany passed between the pieces of the sacrificed animals confirming God's covenant promise to Abram that his descendants would inhabit the land between the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
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