God’s Covenant with Abram
(Romans 4:1–12; Hebrews 11:8–19)

1After these deades ye worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram I am thy shilde and thy rewarde shalbe exceadynge greate.

2And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse and the cater of myne housse this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne. 3And Abram sayd: se to me hast thou geven no seed: lo a lad borne in my housse shalbe myne heyre. 4And beholde the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre. 5And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be. 6And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes. 7And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it.

God Confirms His Promise
(Numbers 34:1–15; Romans 4:13–25)

8And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it? 9And 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. 10And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not. 11And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye.

12And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym. 13And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares. 14But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace. 15Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: 16ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full.

17When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.

18And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates:

19the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites 20the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims 21the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.