6. Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
7. He also said to him, ‘I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.’
8. But Abram said, ‘Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I shall gain possession of it?’
9. So the Lord said to him, ‘Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.’