8. Abram asked, “Almighty Lord, how can I be certain that I will take possession of it?”
9. He answered Abram, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a mourning dove, and a pigeon.”
10. So Abram brought all these animals to him. He cut each of them in half and laid each half opposite the other. However, he did not cut the birds in half.
11. When birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.