[The Pentateuch]

And Abram believed the LORD / and it was counted to him for righteousness. And he said unto him: I am the LORD that brought the out of Ur in Chaldea to give the this land to possess it.

And Abram beleved the LORde / and it was counted to him for rightwesaes. And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vr in Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.

And he said: LORD God / whereby shall I know that I shall possess it? And he said unto him: take an heifer of .iij. year old / and a she got of three years old / and a three year old ram / a turtle dove and a young pigeon. And he toke all these and divided them in the midst / and laid every piece / one over against another. But the fowls divided he not. And the birds fell on the caresses / but Abram drove them away. And when the sun was down / there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo / fear and great darkness came open him.

And he sayde: LORde God / whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it? And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of .iij. yere olde / and a she gotte of thre yeres olde / and a thre yere olde ram / a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon. And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes / and layde euery pece / one over agenst another. But the foules devyded he not. And the byrdes fell on the care•ses / but Abrā droue thē awaye. And when the sonne was doune / there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo / feare and greate darknesse came open hym.

And he said unto Abram: know this of a surety / that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that pertaineth not unto them. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreat them evil iiij. hundred years. But the nation whom there shall serve / will I judge. And after ward shall they come out with great substance. Eveverthelesse thou shalt goo unto thy fathers in peace / and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: and in the fourth generation they shall come hither