AḆRAHAM 103

1 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto me, I, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Elohim, saved thee from the fire in the land of Shin’ar and from the hand of the wicked priest and from all the evil intentions of Sovereign Nimroḏ and I brought thee into this land that I might give it to thee as an everlasting inheritance. 2 Now, I knew that the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was true. Nevertheless, I desired to know more of this inheritance which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had provided me. 3 Wherefore, I said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, how shall it be that I shall inherit this land wherein I am a stranger? 4 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto me, Take Me a 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. 5 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. 6 Wherefore, I went and did according to all that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had commanded me and when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, I drove them away. 7 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon me and lo, in the sleep was a great horror of darkness. 8 And I cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, saying, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, what meaneth this great horror of darkness? 9 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 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 Ḥam who shall again overrun the land of Mitsrayim. 10 And thy seed shall be afflicted and serve them four hundred years. 11 But at that time, I shall judge the seed of Ḥam and thy seed shall come up out of the land of Mitsrayim with great substance. 12 And as for thee, thou shalt die and go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 13 But in the fourth generation thy seed shall come higher again for the iniquity of the Kena’anites is not yet full.