¹¹ And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.

^12 (A) As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and everything became dark and frightening. ^13-15 (B) Then the Lord said:

Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace.

But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for 400 years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.