Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own. They will be enslaved and oppressed there for four hundred years.
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11Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them off. 12As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell over Abram, and a great, dark dread came over him. 13Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own. They will be enslaved and oppressed there for four hundred years. 14But I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward your descendants will come out with great wealth. 15As for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
