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And the Lord said unto me, I, the Lord thy God, saved thee from the fire in the land of Shinar and from the hand of the wicked priest and from all the evil intentions of king Nimrod and I brought thee into this land that I might give it to thee as an everlasting inheritance.
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Now, I knew that the word of the Lord was true. Nevertheless, I desired to know more of this inheritance which the Lord had promised me.
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Wherefore, I said, Lord, how shall it be that I shall inherit this land wherein I am a stranger?
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And the Lord said unto me, Take me an heifer of three years old and a she goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtle dove and a young pigeon.
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Divide each of these in the midst and lay one half on each side of an open place, except the birds thou shalt not divide but lay one on each side.
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Wherefore, I went and did according to all that the Lord had commanded me and when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, I drove them away.
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And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon me and lo, in the sleep was a great horror of darkness .
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And I cried unto the Lord saying, O Lord, what meaneth this great horror of darkness?
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And the Lord said unto me, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which shall not be theirs and shall be in bondage to strangers, even to the seed of Ham who shall again overrun the land of Egypt.
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And thy seed shall be afflicted and serve them four hundred years.
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But at that time, I shall judge the seed of Ham and thy seed shall come up out of the land of Egypt with great substance.
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And as for thee, thou shalt die and go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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But in the fourth generation thy seed shall come higher again for the iniquity of the Canaanites is not yet full.