7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who ^abrought you out of ^bUr of the Chaldeans, ^cto give you this land to inherit it.”  ‡

8 And he said, “Lord God, ^ahow shall I know that I will inherit it?”  ‡

10 Then he brought all these to Him and ^acut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut ^bthe birds in two.  ‡

11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.